From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 10 13:40:11 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 9ED9816A4CF for ; Sat, 10 Jul 2004 13:40:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.broadpark.no (mail.broadpark.no [217.13.4.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DE9643D2D for ; Sat, 10 Jul 2004 13:40:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from la3sg@frisurf.no) Received: from tove (la3sg.net [217.13.29.172]) by mail.broadpark.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84BE048E8; Sat, 10 Jul 2004 15:40:39 +0200 (MEST) From: "Kjell Midtseter" To: Kristian Holdich Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 15:40:13 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <40F00DDD.7772.12F6CBB@localhost> Priority: normal In-reply-to: <1089450203.26300.39.camel@slide.hopto.org> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v4.12a) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Content-Description: Mail message body X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbieish Desktop Questions 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: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 13:40:11 -0000 On 10 Jul 2004 at 10:03, Kristian Holdich wrote: > Speaking of root, i'm so used to Bash i'd like to switch to it for the > root user - is there any gotchas with moving bash to /bin and updating > /etc/shells to allow it? >From my notes: -------- Use FreeBSD's password file manipulation utility, vipw, to modify root's default shell. At a root prompt, type vipw. A copy of the /etc/passwd file will be displayed. Use standard vi editing commands to change root's default shell from /bin/csh (all of the way at the end of the first line) to /usr/local/bin/bash. While you're already editing the file, go ahead and change root's unofficial name 'Charlie &' to 'Super- Nina' or any other name that envisions Superman, etc. When you get mail from root (e.g. from the cron jobs that run every night), it'll now be maked as coming from 'Super-Nina' and not 'Charlie &'...just a little bit nicer. Save & exit. ----------- GL from kjell