From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jun 26 6:46:48 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ns.clientlogic.com (ns.clientlogic.com [207.51.66.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46D7114EE9 for ; Sat, 26 Jun 1999 06:46:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ChrisMic@clientlogic.com) Received: by site0s1 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id ; Sat, 26 Jun 1999 09:46:35 -0400 Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB44011059F4@site2s1> From: Christopher Michaels To: 'Jamie Norwood' , Todd Backman Cc: Don Sutter , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Change root shell Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 09:48:33 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This discussion seems to come up every month or two. Take a look through the archives to read compelling arguments fore and against changing root's shell. -Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Jamie Norwood [SMTP:mistwolf@ethereal.net] > Sent: Friday, June 25, 1999 9:28 PM > To: Todd Backman > Cc: Don Sutter; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Change root shell > > On Fri, Jun 25, 1999 at 06:00:35PM -0700, Todd Backman wrote: > > > > I've been told it's a no-no to change root's shell to bash in the event > > that /usr does not get mounted. 'exec bash' will only load bash for that > > session and goes away after you log out... > > I've always made it a point to install tcsh in /bin so that I can use it > as > root. > > Besides, correct me if I am wrong, but in a panic situation starting a > shell, > it defaults to SH no matter what /etc/password says. So why does it matter > which shell you have it set to use in normal usage? > > Jamie > > -- > -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > Version: 3.1 > GCS d- s+:+ a--(?) C++++ UB++++ P+ L--(++) E-- W++(--) N++ O? > K w(---) O?>+ M?>+ V PS+ PE+ Y+ PGP->++ t+(*) 5+++ X++ R++ tv+ > b+ DI++++ D++ G e>+ h--- r+++ y+++** > ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message