From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 21 00:45:47 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FC0E16A4CE for ; Tue, 21 Dec 2004 00:45:47 +0000 (GMT) Received: from 9.hellooperator.net (cpc3-cdif2-3-0-cust202.cdif.cable.ntl.com [81.103.32.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86A0543D39 for ; Tue, 21 Dec 2004 00:45:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rasputin@hellooperator.net) Received: from rasputin by 9.hellooperator.net with local (Exim 4.43) id 1CgY9p-0004AN-6V for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 21 Dec 2004 00:45:45 +0000 Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 00:45:45 +0000 From: Dick Davies To: FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <20041221004544.GE4267@lb.tenfour> References: <41C6AC75.6020608@uol.com.br> <20041220120620.GA68520@duplo.dahoam> <20041220133252.GB7774@lb.tenfour> <20041220145227.GA24495@ei.bzerk.org> <20041221000020.GS84787@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20041221002449.GA11833@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041221002449.GA11833@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: Dick Davies Subject: Re: bash - superuser X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Dick Davies List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 00:45:47 -0000 * Erik Trulsson [1224 00:24]: > On Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 10:30:20AM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > > On Monday, 20 December 2004 at 15:52:27 +0100, Ruben de Groot wrote: > > > On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 01:32:53PM +0000, Dick Davies typed: > > >> * Gerhard Meier [1207 12:07]: > > >>> On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 08:41:57AM -0200, Giuliano Cardozo Medalha wrote: > > >>>> I have a machine with FreeBSD 5.3 - release -p2. > > >>>> > > >>>> I have installed bash from ports. > > >>>> > > >>>> How is possible to use bash in root account ? > > >>> > > >>> Do not change the shell of the root account. If you have /usr or > > >>> /usr/local on a separate partition, and you cannot mount for some > > >>> reason, you wont be able to fix that, without booting from > > >>> another device. > > >> > > >> No, but you'll still be able to use /bin/sh when going single user, so > > >> what's the big deal? > > > > > > Using a shell not contained in the root filesystem can cause > > > problems even when not in single user mode. There are enough > > > examples in the archives. > > > > This is a particularly tenacious rumour. I've been using bash as my > > root shell on many different UNIX platforms for nearly 14 years, and > > I've never had any problems. I've also never seen any substantiated > > problems reported anywhere. > > There was actually an actual problem with having bash as root shell > reported on this very list about a week ago. See > http://docs.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?41C0CC10.4020109 > and > http://docs.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20041216001329.GA37679 > for the conclusion of the thread. I can't see the beginning of the thread there, but ISTR that's a problem with the pppd script running before the dynamic library path is set up (so being unable to see /usr/local/lib). That's hardly a bash issue, and would be a non-issue if you statically linked bash (I can't think of any reason to want a dynamically linked one). -- 'In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.' -- The Guide Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns