From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 1 16:11:58 2009 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 2AB34106564A for ; Sun, 1 Mar 2009 16:11:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f164.google.com (mail-bw0-f164.google.com [209.85.218.164]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A94048FC08 for ; Sun, 1 Mar 2009 16:11:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: by bwz8 with SMTP id 8so1611335bwz.43 for ; Sun, 01 Mar 2009 08:11:56 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=Y4lRfhMb8xoUIIl/++JYZl4GeikTOR260UCU6qHsmk4=; b=JR5SAeUUVV39lS7S7Q+Z/jFPHI8V0Xi4NrqBXi6LeQRVQDqCNSMBp3Pp22g/4Z/ad/ DGI6QLUHKw4cqYGsi4uRptQ3rc4v6a/tjO2ICxIrzPfkEn24wZ7RsGgeun9btI2cRzb/ cF6FhDMSptLszsBa9KDR+y55c958GmTg48dvA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=H7BFu70vZ9CXnzyMt5DiGNTE8ALuch6IpI6ge1aOmrLyGIyEsECkTRkdqyV9ZRSBYk o+eW5P+D9v7doudwYHiNMYbv1OPp3PDZU/Ogmf8YpqgMkGmnHroS58yosOD0pq4+Dyh6 2QlIs93smlHv6+Vw3RBHavLrl3AUNn4LfRXjQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.116.77 with SMTP id l13mr5118209faq.106.1235923916150; Sun, 01 Mar 2009 08:11:56 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20090301155532.GA29514@haruhi> References: <20090301155532.GA29514@haruhi> Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 11:11:56 -0500 Message-ID: <4ad871310903010811o47b77f04y7976819e101b881b@mail.gmail.com> From: Glen Barber To: Daniel Lannstrom Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Root shell 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, 01 Mar 2009 16:11:58 -0000 On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Daniel Lannstrom wrote: > Why is this not a good idea? The only reason I can think of it that you > want your root shell on the root hard drive. As many system use a > separate partition for /usr and that bash installs to /usr/local/bin per > default I can see how that can cause troubles. But are there any other > reasons? Unstability in bash? Unexpected behaivor causing more harm in a > root shell? > This explains one of the reasons not to change root's shell: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/faq/security.html#TOOR-ACCOUNT -- Glen Barber