Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 12:35:57 +1100 From: Tony Landells <ahl@austclear.com.au> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I deleted my shell by mistake!! Message-ID: <200010040135.MAA28468@tungsten.austclear.com.au> In-Reply-To: Message from "Robert Shea" <robert.shea@onlinecables.com> of "Tue, 03 Oct 2000 18:24:43 PDT." <002e01c02da1$e01aa100$91c1ce3f@lola>
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While I agree with most of the sentiments expressed by people saying that much bad can come of changing root's shell, let me provide some food for thought: 1. He could have just as easily removed whatever shell root normally uses. 2. Different versions of UNIX make different choices for the (default) root shell. There is something to be said for changing it to be consistent so you don't have to remember which system you're on. 3. Having a shell you're comfortable with makes life much easier when something bad happens. You don't want to be messing around trying to remember what does and doesn't work in this shell, or making typos because you're doing everything long-hand just to be safe, when you're trying to fix a disaster. It's an area (like many in sys admin) where you need to assess the costs and benefits in your own environment. Personally, I tend to leave them they way they're installed on the assumption that the "vendors" have picked a shell that will always be there (even if the only filesystem I have is /). And having done that, I occasionally get bitten because I try to do a loop, for example, and I use the wrong syntax. Cheers, Tony -- Tony Landells <ahl@austclear.com.au> Systems Manager Ph: +61 3 9677 9319 Australian Clearing Services Pty Ltd Fax: +61 3 9677 9355 Level 4, Rialto North Tower 525 Collins Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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