Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 13:37:56 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com> To: Roger Marquis <marquis@roble.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: root access problem please help. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910261336100.13675-100000@jade.chc-chimes.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.991026110838.5845A-100000@roble2.roble.com>
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On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, Roger Marquis wrote: > > For God's sakes: If you made the dumb move of making a dynamically linked > > binary your root shell you're going to have to pay consequences. > > It would only be a dumb move if neither the shell nor the linked > libraries were on the root filesystem. I've been using dynamically > linked tcsh and bash as the root shell for over a decade with no > problems. Splitting /usr onto a separate filesystem, however, can be a > dumb move if you're not restricted to 1GB drives. Obviously. I'm refering to the plethora of users who have the typical /, /usr, /var, swap install, and the plethora of users who # cd /usr/ports/shells/bash2 && make install clean # chsh [...] # <do something stupid that borks their /usr> And then file a PR. -- - bill fumerola - billf@chc-chimes.com - BF1560 - computer horizons corp - - ph:(800) 252-2421 - bfumerol@computerhorizons.com - billf@FreeBSD.org - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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