From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 3 18:24: 1 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from zeus.host4u.net (zeus.host4u.net [216.71.64.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D9E837B503 for ; Tue, 3 Oct 2000 18:23:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lola (adsl-63-206-193-145.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.206.193.145]) by zeus.host4u.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id UAA00253 for ; Tue, 3 Oct 2000 20:09:43 -0500 Message-ID: <002e01c02da1$e01aa100$91c1ce3f@lola> From: "Robert Shea" To: References: <20001003170823.R27736@fw.wintelcom.net> <20001003173628.T27736@fw.wintelcom.net> Subject: Re: I deleted my shell by mistake!! Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 18:24:43 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > 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." I agree... basically the thing with changing your root shell is that no good can come of it... and lots of bad can. And besides... if you really feel the need to set your root shell... odds are you are using the root account way too much. (with rare exception) Robert Shea "Ophilia you made me cry, guess that's why I learned to swim." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message