Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:38:54 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Jim Pazarena <fquest@ccstores.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: root /etc/csh Message-ID: <20081111063854.fcad80f2.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <4918CE42.3050504@ccstores.com> References: <20081110110805.GK1302@obspm.fr> <20081110161002.GA81960@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <20081110203643.GH27646@obspm.fr> <200811102235.46971.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> <Pine.GSO.4.63.0811102239200.846@hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be> <4ad871310811101530p7b2baa0fk7f7b5118e314c11d@mail.gmail.com> <4918CE42.3050504@ccstores.com>
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On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:13:54 -0800, Jim Pazarena <fquest@ccstores.com> wrote: > Glen Barber wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 4:46 PM, Pieter Donche <Pieter.Donche@ua.ac.be> wrote: > >> FreeBSD 7.0 comes with the user root with start up shell /bin/csh > >> As normal user I use bash (/usr/local/bin/bash installed) > >> I would prefer to have bash also when working as root (su). > > > > It is never recommended to change root's default shell to something > > outside of the base install. > > > > The main reason is, for example, if you update your non-base shell > > (via ports), and it breaks, you can no longer log in as root. If you > > decide you still want to have a non-base shell for your root user, > > keep root's shell default, and enable your toor user. > > isn't the "main reason" because other shells may reside on a filesystem > which isn't necessarily mounted in maintenance/single user mode? Or, libraries > for the same? At least, it's a valid reason. When in trouble, the system just mounts / as ro where /bin/sh (the system's standard scripting shell) and /bin/csh (its standard dialog shell) are available. Bash may be on another partition that's not mounted yet, so no maintenance access would be possible. To change the shell, it's not a good idea to fiddle around with /etc/passwd. The use of the chsh (change shell) command is advised. In my opinion, you could add "bash" as the last line of your ~/.login file which will be executed by csh, so bash starts up right after login, but NB this may cause problems when using sudo. -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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