From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 15 12:13:55 2004 Return-Path: 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 42BDB16A4CE for ; Thu, 15 Apr 2004 12:13:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 087DA43D48 for ; Thu, 15 Apr 2004 12:13:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1])i3FJDcxq054391 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 15 Apr 2004 20:13:38 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id i3FJDcYD054390; Thu, 15 Apr 2004 20:13:38 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 20:13:38 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Jerry McAllister Message-ID: <20040415191338.GA54227@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Jerry McAllister , Josh Paetzel , addymin@pacbell.net, freebsd-questions References: <20040415183627.GB53689@ns1.tcbug.org> <200404151842.i3FIgtg19340@clunix.cl.msu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200404151842.i3FIgtg19340@clunix.cl.msu.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040407, clamav-milter version 0.70g cc: Josh Paetzel cc: addymin@pacbell.net cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Beginner's question about csh/tcsh X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 19:13:55 -0000 --XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 02:42:55PM -0400, Jerry McAllister wrote: > >=20 > > > It sounds like you are using an account with /bin/sh as a shell > > > For example, unless you change it, root uses sh for a shell. > > >=20 > > > ////jerry > >=20 > > Root uses csh by default. >=20 > Well, I'll be darned. It does now. >=20 Actually, root's shell has been set to csh(1) for as long as there has been a FreeBSD: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/etc/master.passwd?rev=3D1.1&c= ontent-type=3Dtext/x-cvsweb-markup I think I've seen one of the elder gods mention that root's shell was csh all the way back to 4.2-BSD. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAft7idtESqEQa7a0RAqeaAJkB9hHSmP1Kh/BC+NI9wiamlHuRKQCcCnkq H+2axI7ymYwERh3qme7STC8= =wdZW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l--