Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 13:32:53 +0000 From: Dick Davies <rasputnik@hellooperator.net> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: bash - superuser Message-ID: <20041220133252.GB7774@lb.tenfour> In-Reply-To: <20041220120620.GA68520@duplo.dahoam> References: <41C6AC75.6020608@uol.com.br> <20041220120620.GA68520@duplo.dahoam>
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* Gerhard Meier <gemei2@web.de> [1207 12:07]: > On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 08:41:57AM -0200, Giuliano Cardozo Medalha wrote: > > I have a machine with FreeBSD 5.3 - release -p2. > > > > I have installed bash from ports. > > > > How is possible to use bash in root account ? > > Do not change the shell of the root account. If you have /usr or > /usr/local on a separate partition, and you cannot mount for some > reason, you wont be able to fix that, without booting from > another device. No, but you'll still be able to use /bin/sh when going single user, so what's the big deal? I really don't get what the problem is with this 'sh is on the root' argument. Using bash is a lot more productive for many people, so why not let them use it? If you're really terrified of not knowing how to use sh, then stick a static bash in /bin. To the original poster: just be root and run 'chsh'. -- 'I should have been a plumber.' -- Albert Einstein Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns
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