Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 18:06:22 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Root and the C Shell Message-ID: <20001210180621.A20292@student.uu.se> In-Reply-To: <00121017490501.01067@buffy>; from cliff@raggedclown.net on Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 05:49:05PM %2B0100 References: <00121017490501.01067@buffy>
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On Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 05:49:05PM +0100, Cliff Sarginson wrote:
> Hello,
> A simple question, I loathe and detest the C shell.
> Will anything break if I change root's login shell to
> be something (anything!) other than csh ?
No. You can change it to whatever shell you like. Just remeber that it can
be a good idea to have whatever shell root is using statically linked.
This reduces problems when /usr isn't mounted or the dynamic loader has
broken.
One common thing to do is to leave root's shell alone and create another
user with uid 0 and whatever shell you like.
('toor' in the default /etc/passwd is an example of this)
>
> I wouldnt imagine it would cause a problem.
> If it does that is a negative point for FreeBSD
> in my view. Then it will make friends with
> the second negative point I have over FreeBSD ..
> it's appaling mis-use of /usr/local .. mmm.. local means
> errm local !
Yes, and none of the standard components are installed under /usr/local
so I don't quite see what the problem is. The only things that end up uner
/usr/local are the things that are locally installed.
>
> Apart from that FreeBSd gets lots of positives except... (to be continued)
>
--
<Insert your favourite quote here.>
Erik Trulsson
ertr1013@student.uu.se
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