Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 09:36:23 -0800 From: Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu> To: Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> Cc: Sean Kelly <smkelly@zombie.org>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: toor Message-ID: <20001031093623.A76382@wopr.caltech.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010310356130.14845-100000@ren.sasknow.com>; from ryan@sasknow.com on Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 04:04:27AM -0600 References: <20001031012526.A12381@edgemaster.zombie.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010310356130.14845-100000@ren.sasknow.com>
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On Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 04:04:27AM -0600, Ryan Thompson wrote: > b) Provide the system administrator with a comfortable working > environment (i.e., an alternate login shell). It is good to > leave root's shell alone--i.e., leave it point to a shell > in /bin/ such as sh, [t]csh, etc, so that it can be used in > single user mode when other partitions (containing libraries > that aren't statically linked, and other useful partitions, > such as /usr) are not mounted. As I point out everytime someone claims that... FreeBSD asks you what shell you want when you boot single-user. It defaults to /bin/sh. You will not screw yourself by setting root's shell to /usr/local/bin/wackysh. On the other hand, what's wrong with "su -m" or sudo anyway? I can't remember the last time I used root's login shell. (If you're trying to foster good habits for when people use other varieties of UNIX that don't ask for a shell in single-user mode, then you should explain that in your response.) -- Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu> * Inertia is a property http://www.pobox.com/~mph/ * of matter. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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