Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 11:24:58 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why csh on Root? Message-ID: <20061019152458.GD55241@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <200610191303.k9JD322j081114@dc.cis.okstate.edu> References: <200610191303.k9JD322j081114@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
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On Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 08:03:02AM -0500, Martin McCormick wrote: > Is there any particular reason why FreeBSD has csh as the > default root shell? Nothing really wrong with it except that I > quit using csh about twelve years ago and so am a little rusty > about the finer details when I come across a csh shell. On a > number of FreeBSD4.x systems, I used chsh to change root's shell > after installing bash and the only thing I noticed was that one > should be careful of the $PATH variable and make sure it at least > hits all the same directories in the same order. Other than > that, it worked. > > On a recent upgrade to 5.4, I noticed the C shell is > still default so I figured I would ask before changing it so as > not to introduce hidden problems later. Basically, I like bash > better and also add a couple more paths such as /usr/local/etc > for home-grown applications. No reason that I know of. Just someone liked it better. It is a little nicer for interactive use. I think the FreeBSD csh is really tcsh anyway. Most scripts still specify /bin/sh so they don't use csh. ////jerry > > Thanks for your thoughts. > > Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK > Systems Engineer > OSU Information Technology Department Network Operations Group > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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