Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 09:05:24 -0700 (PDT) From: R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@mammalia.org> To: Bob Johnson <bob@eng.ufl.edu> Cc: reader@newsguy.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Unix Virus.. Old but Nasty Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005150900200.10619-100000@manatee.mammalia.org> In-Reply-To: <39200B67.807D0326@eng.ufl.edu>
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On Mon, 15 May 2000, Bob Johnson wrote: > > Date: 14 May 2000 17:59:49 -0700 > > From: Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> > > Subject: Unix Virus.. Old but Nasty > > > [...]> Joking aside, I've had about enough of the csh or sh shells. Enough > > that it made me try to get rid of it. Easily done for users but not > > so, Root. > > > > That's sort of why sh is the default shell for root. Changing it affects > a lot of other things. Why mess with something that works? (read my next > comment before answering that) > > [...] > > > > Well I hope a few of you get a laugh out of this anecdote. But I'd > > really really like to have someone explain to me how to setup root > > with a bash shell. That nasty old csh really does suck. > > > To use root with a bash shell, just log in as toor (or su to "toor", of > course). That's exactly why the "toor" user exists. > The easy answer is to never log in as root. I haven't for months. Use 'su -m' from a normal user account to keep your user environment. I'd prefer to keep the root account terse and unconfigured, it's a good reason not to go there. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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