Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 02:20:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Neal Westfall <nwestfal@Vorlon.odc.net> To: aonline@access.tnet.com.au (Michael Slater) Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Switching from Linux to FreeBSD Message-ID: <199610080920.CAA07816@Vorlon.odc.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.961008091506.3872A-100000@access.tnet.com.au> from "Michael Slater" at Oct 8, 96 09:25:03 am
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> 2) How do you change a users default shell ? I tried editing the passwd file > to /bin/bash, but even after makeing that change you still get a shell of > /bin/sh. What am i doing wrong ? FreeBSD uses shadow passwords, and rebuilds a password database every time the password file is changed. The correct file to edit is /etc/master.passwd, and you should just use vipw to change it, since vipw rebuilds the password file when you are done editing. > 3) Is their any advantage in running FreeBSD instead of Linux, i.e.. does it > run better/faster ? Probably the best advice is to not change anything if your servers are running fine right now. I tried to use FreeBSD as a news server but kept experiencing kernel panics. Eventually we threw up our hands and switched to linux and it has run fairly well ever since, which goes against the conventional wisdom, which says that FreeBSD is supposed to be the better choice for a news server. > > I dont have any problem with Linux, but FreeBSD seems to have a few > differences that i cant work out, but i want to give it a try, to see if > it does the job any better than linux. > If your servers are running fine, it is doubtful you are going to notice much difference between the two. If it ain't broke...... Neal Westfall nwestfal@odc.net
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