From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 19 15:27:40 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9D6816A403 for ; Thu, 19 Oct 2006 15:27:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95CA443D4C for ; Thu, 19 Oct 2006 15:27:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k9JFOw6f057230; Thu, 19 Oct 2006 11:24:58 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id k9JFOwJq057229; Thu, 19 Oct 2006 11:24:58 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 11:24:58 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister To: Martin McCormick Message-ID: <20061019152458.GD55241@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <200610191303.k9JD322j081114@dc.cis.okstate.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200610191303.k9JD322j081114@dc.cis.okstate.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why csh on Root? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 15:27:40 -0000 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"