Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 23:44:06 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> To: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org> Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: toor reference in The Complete FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003162334430.53678-100000@ren.sasknow.com> In-Reply-To: <38D1C182.70E2BB@gorean.org>
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Doug Barton wrote to Ryan Thompson: > Ryan Thompson wrote: > > > Tell me again why it is not a good idea to move bash/tcsh into /bin? I > > suppose it violates heir(7) to some extent, and bloats the (generally > > sleek) root partition some, but beyond that, is their any reason not to? > > Because merely moving it into /bin is not adequate. You have to compile > it static first, then hope that nothing on the system changes from time > to time that prevents it from running. Right. I knew I had forgetten something. > But I assume what you're really > asking is, "why can't I use <third party shell> as my root shell?" The > answer is that you're way better off with a shell that stays in synch > with the system. Of course, if you're determined to do it anyway, go > ahead. When your system breaks, don't come crying to us. :) Nah... As I said, I use csh as my root shell anyway, so the question IS academic. I've had people ask me the same, though, and I periodically forget what to tell them :-) Thanks. > > Heck, I use csh for most things anyway, so I suppose this question is > > relatively academic :-) > > Wow... you're really into pain here. :-) Whatever do you mean? Anyway, that should read "most things root", and on my production systems, root is quite seldom needed. Virtually yours, - Ryan -- Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> Systems Administrator, Accounts Phone: +1 (306) 664-1161 SaskNow Technologies http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th St E Saskatoon, SK S7H 0W2 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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