From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 8 18:06:43 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 219D416A4E6 for ; Sun, 8 May 2005 18:06:43 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail-in-08.arcor-online.net (mail-in-08.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.48]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6829F43D92 for ; Sun, 8 May 2005 18:06:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lofi@freebsd.org) Received: from mail-in-04-z2.arcor-online.net (mail-in-04-z2.arcor-online.net [151.189.8.16]) by mail-in-08.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0082813D42; Sun, 8 May 2005 20:06:40 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-in-03.arcor-online.net (mail-in-05.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.45]) by mail-in-04-z2.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B45A5102E6C; Sun, 8 May 2005 20:06:40 +0200 (CEST) Received: from lofi.dyndns.org (dsl-082-083-044-065.arcor-ip.net [82.83.44.65]) by mail-in-03.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBB441DA41; Sun, 8 May 2005 20:06:39 +0200 (CEST) Received: from kiste.my.domain (lofi@kiste.my.domain [192.168.8.4]) (authenticated bits=0) by lofi.dyndns.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j48I6bxQ010797 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO); Sun, 8 May 2005 20:06:37 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from lofi@freebsd.org) From: Michael Nottebrock To: Andre Guibert de Bruet Date: Sun, 8 May 2005 20:06:31 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.8 References: <20050508044906.J55534@lexi.siliconlandmark.com> <200505081248.06069.lofi@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200505081248.06069.lofi@freebsd.org> X-Face: =Ym$`&q\+S2X$4`X%x%6"L4>Y,$]<":'L%c9"#7#`2tb&E&wsN31on!N\)3BD[g<=?utf-8?q?=2EjnfV=5B=0A=093=23?=>XchLK,o;>bD>c:]^;:>0>vyZ.X[,63GW`&M>}nYnr]-Fp``,[[@lJ!QL|sfW!s)=?utf-8?q?A2!*=0A=09vNkB/=7CL-?=>&QdSbQg X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: root's shell (Was: Re: boot banner project) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 08 May 2005 18:06:43 -0000 --nextPart2070263.Ay6x51XYdR Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Sunday, 8. May 2005 12:47, Michael Nottebrock wrote: > On Sunday, 8. May 2005 10:50, Andre Guibert de Bruet wrote: > > On Sun, 8 May 2005, Michael Nottebrock wrote: > > > On Sunday, 8. May 2005 10:17, Andre Guibert de Bruet wrote: > > >>>> I was thinking about using (/usr/local/bin/)bash for root, somethi= ng > > >>>> a lot of people try to do (until they notice a toe missing :). > > >> > > >> I don't like the thought of root's login shell being anywhere but on > > >> the root partition. You're absolutely correct though (Single user mo= de > > >> prompts for the shell to use). > > > > > > A dynamically linked bash(3) requires libintl ... > > > > Right, and if root's shell is set to /usr/local/bin/bash, you can opt to > > use /bin/sh at the single user mode prompt. > > There's other possible issues - see >=20 http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=3D884568+0+archive/2004/freebs= d-current/20041010.freebsd-current=20 for an example. Oh, and btw: There is no freebsd-misc mailinglist. Perhaps you were thinkin= g=20 of comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc ... =2D-=20 ,_, | Michael Nottebrock | lofi@freebsd.org (/^ ^\) | FreeBSD - The Power to Serve | http://www.freebsd.org \u/ | K Desktop Environment on FreeBSD | http://freebsd.kde.org --nextPart2070263.Ay6x51XYdR Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBCflUrXhc68WspdLARAjQmAKCHloYBfV42eLWKsO0920aplLjhawCeI0tD ls1yVsJ/i7bg7v2KyC/nqWU= =GuNN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2070263.Ay6x51XYdR--