From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 27 11:41:31 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from palrel3.hp.com (palrel3.hp.com [156.153.255.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17473159A6 for ; Thu, 27 May 1999 11:41:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from darrylo@sr.hp.com) Received: from srmail.sr.hp.com (srmail.sr.hp.com [15.4.45.14]) by palrel3.hp.com (8.8.6 (PHNE_17135)/8.8.5tis) with ESMTP id LAA23838; Thu, 27 May 1999 11:41:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mina.sr.hp.com by srmail.sr.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.16/15.5+ECS 3.3) id AA201550467; Thu, 27 May 1999 11:41:07 -0700 Received: from localhost (darrylo@mina.sr.hp.com [15.4.42.247]) by mina.sr.hp.com with ESMTP (8.8.6 (PHNE_14041)/8.7.3 TIS 5.0) id LAA16116; Thu, 27 May 1999 11:41:06 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199905271841.LAA16116@mina.sr.hp.com> To: Graeme Tait Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: why we don't mess with root's shell: Re: Need help withRoot shell? Reply-To: Darryl Okahata In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 27 May 1999 14:24:32 PDT." <374DB810.4111@echidna.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 1.1.1.1) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 11:41:06 -0700 From: Darryl Okahata Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Graeme Tait wrote: > Correct me if I'm wrong, but if /usr won't mount (as in a filesystem > problem), you will have a *lot* more problems than finding bash - for > example, getty, named and inetd won't run. Yes, you're right. Sigh. I've used a number of different Unices over the years, and programs like getty, etc. used to be in /etc (but not in FreeBSD). They're now, for inexplicable reasons, below /usr. Bleah. -- Darryl Okahata darrylo@sr.hp.com DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not constitute the support, opinion, or policy of Hewlett-Packard, or of the little green men that have been following him all day. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message