Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 16:15:03 +0100 (MET) From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.de> To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD Questions) Subject: Re: ld.so and emacs problems Message-ID: <199611271515.QAA02472@freebie.lemis.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961125224806.1884I-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> from Doug White at "Nov 25, 96 10:48:47 pm"
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Doug White writes: > On Mon, 25 Nov 1996, Snob Art Genre wrote: > >> On Mon, 25 Nov 1996, Doug White wrote: >> >>> I would HIGHLY recommend changing root back to sh; you won't be able to >>> log in if your /usr partition disappears, while a static version of sh is >>> in /bin. You should use su instead of logging in as root. >> >> I'm glad to report this isn't the case -- my root shell is /usr/bin/tcsh, >> but when I start up in single-user mode FreeBSD defaults to sh. > > I stand corrected, at least by this report :) > > I can't say I've tried it, but I'm too scared to experiment with root's > shell. There's not too much to experiment with. When you boot up single user (with the -s flag to the Boot: prompt), the system ignores what you put in /etc/passwd and asks you what (suggesting sh, a good idea). Greg
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