Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 15:40:13 +0200 From: "Kjell Midtseter" <la3sg@frisurf.no> To: Kristian Holdich <kjholdich@yahoo.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbieish Desktop Questions Message-ID: <40F00DDD.7772.12F6CBB@localhost> In-Reply-To: <1089450203.26300.39.camel@slide.hopto.org>
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On 10 Jul 2004 at 10:03, Kristian Holdich wrote: > Speaking of root, i'm so used to Bash i'd like to switch to it for the > root user - is there any gotchas with moving bash to /bin and updating > /etc/shells to allow it? >From my notes: -------- Use FreeBSD's password file manipulation utility, vipw, to modify root's default shell. At a root prompt, type vipw. A copy of the /etc/passwd file will be displayed. Use standard vi editing commands to change root's default shell from /bin/csh (all of the way at the end of the first line) to /usr/local/bin/bash. While you're already editing the file, go ahead and change root's unofficial name 'Charlie &' to 'Super- Nina' or any other name that envisions Superman, etc. When you get mail from root (e.g. from the cron jobs that run every night), it'll now be maked as coming from 'Super-Nina' and not 'Charlie &'...just a little bit nicer. Save & exit. ----------- GL from kjell
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