Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 17:36:29 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Matt Rudderham <matt@researcher.com> Cc: Loren Koss <loren@pciway.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I deleted my shell by mistake!! Message-ID: <20001003173628.T27736@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <NDBBLEKOOLGIBFPGLFEKKEGECEAA.matt@researcher.com>; from matt@researcher.com on Tue, Oct 03, 2000 at 09:12:15PM -0300 References: <20001003170823.R27736@fw.wintelcom.net> <NDBBLEKOOLGIBFPGLFEKKEGECEAA.matt@researcher.com>
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* Matt Rudderham <matt@researcher.com> [001003 17:14] wrote: > >if you have a root shell open all you need to do is run 'vipw' > > > >don't don't change root's shell! > Hi alfred, > Why should the root shell not be changed? I am also kind of new I guess. I > have it set to bash, rather than the default. It's simple, someone with a lot more experiance than I had told me not to and I've never had these "oops i broke root's shell" embarassing moments. Now someone with a lot more experiance is telling you the same. Seriously, how difficult is it to type 'zsh' after su'ing to root? -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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