From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 28 18:22: 4 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from finch-post-10.mail.demon.net (finch-post-10.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64DC414CE3 for ; Fri, 28 May 1999 18:21:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marko@uk.radan.com) Received: from [158.152.75.22] (helo=uk.radan.com) by finch-post-10.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 10nXop-0005Yb-0A; Sat, 29 May 1999 01:21:48 +0000 Organisation: Radan Computational Ltd., Bath, UK. Phone: +44-1225-320320 Fax: +44-1225-320311 Received: from marder-1. (rasnt-1 [193.114.228.211]) by uk.radan.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) with ESMTP id CAA00707; Sat, 29 May 1999 02:21:13 +0100 Received: (from marko@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.2/8.8.8) id CAA00516; Sat, 29 May 1999 02:14:50 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from marko) Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 02:14:50 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Annelise Anderson Cc: Christian Weisgerber , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: why we don't mess with root's shell: Re: Need help with Root shell? Message-ID: <19990529021450.A255@marder-1> References: <7imjo4$kef$1@mips.rhein-neckar.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: ; from Annelise Anderson on Fri, May 28, 1999 at 01:24:25PM -0700 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, May 28, 1999 at 01:24:25PM -0700, Annelise Anderson wrote: > Suppose FreeBSD were to provide as a default shell for root and > for users something with a few more features than sh and csh-- > filename completion, command recall and editing, a prompt easy > to configure to tell you who you are and where you are. > Which one of those features does csh(1) *not* have? > Statically linked, of course, so that it's available in single > user mode. > > Where would YOU put it? > > Annelise > > On 28 May 1999, Christian Weisgerber wrote: > > > James A. Mutter wrote: > > > > > If noone's mentioned this yet, /bin/bash is a "linux only" thing. > > > It doesn't exist on FreeBSD, it doesn't exist on NetBSD, it doesn't exist > > > on OpenBSD. > > > It doesn't exist on _any_ Sun box, it doesn't exist on _any_ IBM box, it > > > doesn't exist on _any_ Digital box. > > > > Unless the sysadmin set it up in this way. > > > > > To put it bluntly, it doesn't exist anywhere but Linux. > > > That's what they get for not following standards! > > > > What's non-standard about it? > > A typical Linux distribution uses bash as its /bin/sh, so it's only > > natural to include /bin/bash as a hard link. > > > > -- > > Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de > > carpe librum: books 'n' reviews > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message