Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2002 23:17:09 -0700 From: Ian <freebsd@damnhippie.dyndns.org> To: <stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Using bash as default shell for root Message-ID: <B85FDCF5.8F30%freebsd@damnhippie.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <3C3A18FC.13616.24E52F@localhost>
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> > The main issue here was that bash traditionally isn't available in > single-user mode because /usr isn't mounted when root gets its first > shell prompt. Statically linking bash, copying it to /bin and > updating /etc/shells solves the 1st problem, but it won't get updated > as the rest of the system (or the bash port) does. And I wasn't sure > there were any other issues to using bash as root's default shell. > (besides the fact that it's GPL, which is why it will probably never > become part of the base system) > I've been using bash as the login shell for root for years in freebsd, no problems. I don't see the point of messing with the toor user, I just use vipw and change root's shell to bash when I install on a new machine, it's part of my post-install tweak rituals. I don't worry about the single-user mode issue, since I've spent a total of maybe 10 minutes in single-user mode in the past 5 or 6 years (usually after forgetting to tweak /etc/fstab after swapping in new disk drives). -- Ian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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