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From: Marc Spitzer <mspitze1@optonline.net>
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Subject: Re: bash as a login shell (was Root users shell == no existantshell
 /bin/bash)
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On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 14:22:46 -0700
Daniel Brown <djb@unixan.com> wrote:

> When you prefer to use a shell every single time, then having to type
> 'bash' is an unnecessary bother every time.  This is more so when you
> work in a group of admins -- some people are less tolerant of manually
> entering a different shell than others.
> 
> To be honest, also, it's not always very obvious which shell you log
> into at first.  Just going to the right shell in the first place
> removes the confusion.

ok, but when was bash declared the right shell for the job?

marc