Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 18:54:12 -0500 (EST) From: "Brandon D. Valentine" <bandix@looksharp.net> To: Michael Gratton <mike@vee.net> Cc: <pjklist@ekahuna.com>, Matthew Whelan <muttley@gotadsl.co.uk>, <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Using bash as default shell for root Message-ID: <20020107185321.N685-100000@turtle.looksharp.net> In-Reply-To: <3C3A3211.4050307@vee.net>
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On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Michael Gratton wrote: >Why don't you just use the "toor" user - the "Bourne-again super user"; >that is what it is there for. Set toor's shell to be bash and leav >root's shell alone. When you need to do any work as root, do a `su toor` >instead of just a `su`. When you're in single user mode, you'll default >to using root and you won't have any problems (apart from using a >non-bash shell for maintenance and emergency work). Better yet use 'su - toor' to avoid nasty environmental inheritance problems. Brandon D. Valentine -- "Iam mens praetrepidans avet vagari." - G. Valerius Catullus, Carmina, XLVI To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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