Date: Sun, 8 May 2005 20:06:31 +0200 From: Michael Nottebrock <lofi@freebsd.org> To: Andre Guibert de Bruet <andy@siliconlandmark.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: root's shell (Was: Re: boot banner project) Message-ID: <200505082006.35776.lofi@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200505081248.06069.lofi@freebsd.org> References: <ff3ef3b2621f16316effcf296f044d93@mac.com> <20050508044906.J55534@lexi.siliconlandmark.com> <200505081248.06069.lofi@freebsd.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sunday, 8. May 2005 12:47, Michael Nottebrock wrote: > On Sunday, 8. May 2005 10:50, Andre Guibert de Bruet wrote: > > On Sun, 8 May 2005, Michael Nottebrock wrote: > > > On Sunday, 8. May 2005 10:17, Andre Guibert de Bruet wrote: > > >>>> I was thinking about using (/usr/local/bin/)bash for root, something > > >>>> a lot of people try to do (until they notice a toe missing :). > > >> > > >> I don't like the thought of root's login shell being anywhere but on > > >> the root partition. You're absolutely correct though (Single user mode > > >> prompts for the shell to use). > > > > > > A dynamically linked bash(3) requires libintl ... > > > > Right, and if root's shell is set to /usr/local/bin/bash, you can opt to > > use /bin/sh at the single user mode prompt. > > There's other possible issues - see > http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=884568+0+archive/2004/freebsd-current/20041010.freebsd-current for an example. Oh, and btw: There is no freebsd-misc mailinglist. Perhaps you were thinking of comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc ... -- ,_, | Michael Nottebrock | lofi@freebsd.org (/^ ^\) | FreeBSD - The Power to Serve | http://www.freebsd.org \u/ | K Desktop Environment on FreeBSD | http://freebsd.kde.org [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBCflUrXhc68WspdLARAjQmAKCHloYBfV42eLWKsO0920aplLjhawCeI0tD ls1yVsJ/i7bg7v2KyC/nqWU= =GuNN -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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