Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 23:42:08 -0500 (EST) From: Darren Henderson <darren@nighttide.net> To: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Dangers of using a non-base shell Message-ID: <20071108233029.Q12418@olmec> In-Reply-To: <20071030170613.GC54116@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <472647A0.3030009@brookes.ac.uk> <20071030170613.GC54116@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
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On Tue, 30 Oct 2007, Roland Smith wrote:
> But if you're starting in single user mode, only / will be mounted. So
> if you have /usr or /usr/local on a separate partition, you'd be screwed.
>
> That is why root should only use a shell that's in the / partition.
You'll be prompted for a shell if your default isn't available.
I've used bash for the root shell for years. Doesn't mean that you will
never have a problem but this paticular situation just means you'll have
to hit enter to accept /bin/sh or enter another shell when booting into
single user.
-Darren
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