From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 7 01:47:29 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B16CF16A418 for ; Sun, 7 Oct 2007 01:47:29 +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 5932A13C457 for ; Sun, 7 Oct 2007 01:47:28 +0000 (UTC) (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 l971joSj001173; Sat, 6 Oct 2007 21:45:50 -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 l971jooM001172; Sat, 6 Oct 2007 21:45:50 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2007 21:45:50 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister To: RW Message-ID: <20071007014550.GA1137@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <2F42244C-6F3F-48B3-AC05-FF068A791324@optusnet.com.au> <20071005204531.40afed9a@gumby.homeunix.com.> <1960C310-B558-484E-927A-4AAC273621D6@optusnet.com.au> <20071005162851.X8934@bravo.pjkh.com> <20071006003222.21205484@gumby.homeunix.com.> <20071006000946.GA96498@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <20071006015528.332b66e5@gumby.homeunix.com.> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071006015528.332b66e5@gumby.homeunix.com.> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BASH as root shell (static linking) 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: Sun, 07 Oct 2007 01:47:29 -0000 On Sat, Oct 06, 2007 at 01:55:28AM +0100, RW wrote: > On Fri, 5 Oct 2007 20:09:46 -0400 > Jerry McAllister wrote: > > > On Sat, Oct 06, 2007 at 12:32:22AM +0100, RW wrote: > > > > > On Fri, 5 Oct 2007 16:29:36 -0700 (PDT) > > > Philip Hallstrom wrote: > > > > > > > > On 06/10/2007, at 5:45 AM, RW wrote: > > > > > > > > > >> On Sat, 6 Oct 2007 04:54:26 +1000 > > > > >> Jerahmy Pocott wrote: > > > > >> > > > > >>> Hello, > > > > >>> > > > > >>> I'm wanting to use BASH as my root shell, so I compiled a > > > > >>> statically linked > > > > >> > > > > >> I would suggest using bash as your toor shell instead. toor > > > > >> exist precisely for this purpose. > > > > > > > > > > Yeah, I'v done that in the past, but I really dislike csh, I > > > > > don't want to use > > > > > it EVER =p > > > > > > I don't understand, why would you see csh if you login as toor > > > > It has no shell in the /etc/passwd entry by default. > > Maybe it then defaults to csh (which is really tcsh) if nothing > > else is given. > > It defaults to sh > > > Anyway, I prefer tcsh, but if the OP just has to have it bash, > > it is easy to do. > > I actually value my ignorance of tcsh, it prevents me doing anything > ambitious if I forget where I am. Explicitly selecting another shell is > like a safety-catch. And tsch is fairly friendly without knowing much > about it. > > > All the OP has to do is install bash from /usr/ports/shells/bash and > > then edit /etc/passwd to change the last field for toor - after the > > last colon - to point to where it installs bash (/usr/local/bin/bash > > maybe) and then it should all be fine. Actually, I forgot to mention that you also have to then put bash in /etc/shells. ////jerry > > Yes , that's what it's for. > _______________________________________________ > 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"