Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 08:40:02 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Summoner <summoner@uswest.net> Cc: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Which root shell? (was: What to tell to Linux-centric people?!) Message-ID: <19990726084001.I51019@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <379AF958.41E15B97@uswest.net>; from Summoner on Sun, Jul 25, 1999 at 04:47:36AM -0700 References: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9907231248470.12396-100000@dragon.ham.muohio.edu> <v0421010eb3be5f14df8c@[216.112.76.84]> <37991278.5324A70B@uswest.net> <v04210125b3bec432b792@[216.112.76.84]> <379914D5.6DB65A6C@uswest.net> <3799EA01.4A1E60C@newsguy.com> <379AD017.F651CC0E@uswest.net> <379AD150.E2110AEA@newsguy.com> <379AF958.41E15B97@uswest.net>
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On Sunday, 25 July 1999 at 4:47:36 -0700, Summoner wrote: > "Daniel C. Sobral" wrote: >> Summoner wrote: >>> >>> Static linked means that the compiled binary has the neccessary >>> (runtime?) libraries compiled into it, instead of using shared >>> libraries on the system? >> >> Correct. > > Mama always done told me I was one of the sharper knives in the > drawer. :-) > > If I make a static linked version of bash, would it no longer be a > Bad Thing(tm) to use it for root's shell, With the exception of single user mode, you don't need to do this. You can use sh in single-user mode and bash the rest of the time. A well-kept secret is that /bin/sh has Emacs-style command line editing, but you need to enable it with 'set -o emacs'. It seems to have vi style editing too. > or should I just learn to use csh like a good little unixhead? No. csh has no redeeming virtues. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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