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Subject: Re: Root shell
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On Sun, 1 Mar 2009 13:51:32 -0500
Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> wrote:

> I am not necessarily recommending all this, but it is better tham
> changing the actual root account's shell.
>
besides, you don't really need to, do you?
i just log in with su -m and get to use my own account's aliases etc,
but as root.

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