From owner-freebsd-questions Sun May 10 05:48:56 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA19914 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 10 May 1998 05:48:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from darla.swimsuit.internet.dk (Modem1103.internet.dk [194.255.12.35]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA19906 for ; Sun, 10 May 1998 05:48:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from leifn@internet.dk) Received: from darla.swimsuit.internet.dk (darla.swimsuit.internet.dk. [192.168.0.10]) by darla.swimsuit.internet.dk (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA00582; Sun, 10 May 1998 14:15:47 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from leifn@internet.dk) Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 14:15:47 +0200 (CEST) From: Leif Neland Reply-To: leifn@internet.dk To: CyberPeasant cc: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cron In-Reply-To: <199805100603.CAA13113@castor.loco.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > > Yes. You should never change root's shell, no matter how tempting. > > eh? Naw, we're not married to csh, are we? > > > I have changed the roots shell to /usr/local/bin/bash. > > When I boot in single mode, I get the the question "enter name of shell or > > for /bin/sh" (or equivalent). I then press return, and get > > /bin/sh. > > > > No problem, or am I missing anything? > > > No problem, normal operation. Recall that at this point, /usr is > (probably -- definitely, if on a separate partition), not mounted. > I agree. I can live with /bin/sh in single-user mode; I'll probably not much which _require_ filename completion and history. So what is the big problem with having /usr/local/bin/bash as root's shell in multiuser, and /bin/sh in singleuser? Leif Neland leifn@internet.dk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message