Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 09:34:38 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to move vi to /bin Message-ID: <20090515153438.GB31390@kokopelli.hydra> In-Reply-To: <4a0cf7be.JDsmRk7tps2dbK1B%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <cb0fa7b70905130021t390bb560r4a1dd64ab3b2e79@mail.gmail.com> <b79ecaef0905130130o10d593cdm3fb60b6175112d67@mail.gmail.com> <gue44o$pqu$1@ger.gmane.org> <200905132211.53066.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> <b79ecaef0905140338lf7b6968k8e8844550c9268b9@mail.gmail.com> <20090514160325.GA26585@kokopelli.hydra> <b79ecaef0905140953r1488316tffc33ed0d3a3b387@mail.gmail.com> <4a0cf7be.JDsmRk7tps2dbK1B%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
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On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 10:03:58PM -0700, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote:
> Chris Rees <googlemail.com!utisoft@agora.rdrop.com> wrote:
> > 2009/5/14 Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com>:
> > > On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 11:38:30AM +0100, Chris Rees wrote:
> > >> I think the problem with that is he meant changing the root
> > >> shell to /usr/local/bin/bash. You're better off using /bin/sh
> > >> if you want a Bourne-type shell, or using toor with
> > >> /usr/local/bin/bash.
> > >
> > > I've never understood the resistance to just use toor instead
> > > of root if one wants a nonstandard administrative shell.
> >
> > People don't seem to understand that toor and root are equivalent.
>
> Well, not entirely. "su" uses root's shell, not toor's, AFAIK.
Actually, `su` uses whatever you tell it to:
su toor
. . . though the default is root, you don't have to use the default.
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