From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Oct 26 11:39: 0 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mail.alpha1.net (mail.alpha1.net [216.88.112.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 683C814F6B for ; Tue, 26 Oct 1999 11:38:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marius@alpha1.net) Received: from swedishchef.alpha1.net (IDENT:marius@swedishchef.alpha1.net [216.88.237.10]) by mail.alpha1.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA05833; Tue, 26 Oct 1999 13:40:18 -0500 Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 13:38:44 -0500 (CDT) From: Marius Strom To: Bill Fumerola Cc: Roger Marquis , freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: root access problem please help. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org True, however, even with libraries and dynamic binaries on the same FS, it's trouble. I had a linux system (yes, yes..) that a co-admin was trying to RPM upgrade the libc (yes, another bad move, but it wasn't me! =]) and broke it. Voila, statically linked sh worked, but I couldn't cp, mv, ch(mod|own). sash(1) is your friend. -- Marius Strom Professional Geek/Unix System Administrator Alpha1 Internet http://www.marius.org/marius.pgp 0x5645C228 In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice... ...In practice, there is a big difference. On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, Bill Fumerola wrote: > 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 > [...] > # > > And then file a PR. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message