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Date:      Mon, 31 May 2021 16:07:56 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Roger Marquis <marquis@roble.com>
To:        Gordon Tetlow <gordon@tetlows.org>
Cc:        Fas Xmut <fasxmut@protonmail.com>,  "freebsd-security@freebsd.org" <freebsd-security@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: sysrc bug
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> Also, changing the root shell is bad for many reasons and I'm not
> surprised that something doesn't work.

Surprised this old myth is still being repeated.  Having used various
root shells in FreeBSD and other Unux/Linux systems for decades I have to
ask specifically what said reasons are, particularly considering
/usr/sbin/sysrc starts with "#!/bin/sh" (as does and should every system
shell script).

Roger Marquis



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