From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 27 16:49:48 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from moe.nycrc.net (gabriel.nycrc.net [209.73.202.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F3A7415214 for ; Thu, 27 May 1999 16:49:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from vince@moe.nycrc.net) Received: (qmail 3656 invoked by uid 1000); 27 May 1999 23:49:58 -0000 Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 19:49:58 -0400 From: Vince Gonzalez To: Darryl Okahata Cc: Graeme Tait , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: why we don't mess with root's shell: Re: Need help withRoot shell? Message-ID: <19990527194958.B3623@moe.nycrc.net> References: <374DB810.4111@echidna.com> <199905271841.LAA16116@mina.sr.hp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <199905271841.LAA16116@mina.sr.hp.com>; from Darryl Okahata on Thu, May 27, 1999 at 11:41:06AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, May 27, 1999 at 11:41:06AM -0700, Darryl Okahata wrote: > 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. If /usr won't mount, you'll usually get dropped into a single user mode shell, so getty should not be an issue right? Though it would be nice if virtual terminals were available in single user. Adding one thing to the 'root shell' discussion, it also seems like a good idea to staticly link your shell if you're using something like bash since it uses stuff like libtermcap, and that tends to live somewhere under /usr/lib. -- vince@nycrc.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message