From owner-freebsd-bugs Tue Jun 1 14:42:16 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [198.78.58.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41D6D150F1 for ; Tue, 1 Jun 1999 14:42:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fullermd@futuresouth.com) Received: (from fullermd@localhost) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA08438; Tue, 1 Jun 1999 16:41:41 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 16:41:41 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Craig Johnston Cc: Matthew Hunt , freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: root's shell Message-ID: <19990601164141.N6251@futuresouth.com> References: <19990601132656.A21962@wopr.caltech.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: ; from Craig Johnston on Tue, Jun 01, 1999 at 03:48:09PM -0500 X-OS: FreeBSD Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Jun 01, 1999 at 03:48:09PM -0500, a little birdie told me that Craig Johnston remarked > > You pretty much summed up my reasons. Sucks for scripting, and why use > a different shell interactively? Because my interactive needs are completely different from my scripting needs. I ALWAYS use Bourne shell for (shell) scripting, but I always use tcsh for interactive (unless it's not there, in which case I use csh). On the flip side, I always change root's shell to /bin/sh: (ttypa):{1331}% head -2 /etc/passwd root:*:0:0:The Devil Himself:/root:/bin/sh toor:*:0:0:The Devil Backwards:/root:/bin/tcsh This is my personal workstation, so I do a fair bit (read: too much ;) as root anyway, so I use a comfortable shell for my root (toor) work. But root itself is always LCD. -- *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | Matthew Fuller MF4839 http://www.over-yonder.net/ | * fullermd@futuresouth.com fullermd@over-yonder.net * | UNIX Systems Administrator Specializing in FreeBSD | * FutureSouth Communications ISPHelp ISP Consulting * | "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, | * is because I haven't figured out how to light the * | middle yet" | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message