Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 10:18:05 -0700 (PDT) From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> To: current@freebsd.org Cc: kris@obsecurity.org Subject: Re: bash in /usr/local/bin? Message-ID: <200108111718.f7BHI5v25629@vashon.polstra.com> In-Reply-To: <20010810233635.A12077@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <3B74D180.D036D629@hway.net> <20010810233635.A12077@xor.obsecurity.org>
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In article <20010810233635.A12077@xor.obsecurity.org>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> wrote: > On Sat, Aug 11, 2001 at 02:32:32AM -0400, Jason Vervlied wrote: > > > I would personally prefer to use it for my root shell, but if I > > remember right, root needs to have something that is in /bin (I > > could be wrong). > > You are wrong. Not a helpful answer, and not correct in my opinion. The only way Jason is "wrong" is if you insist on a uselessly pedantic interpretation of what he wrote. To be used as a single-user shell, a shell has to be in the root filesystem and it has to be statically linked. For most people, "root shell" implies single-user shell, and root filesystem implies "/bin" or "/sbin". John -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence." -- Chögyam Trungpa To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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