Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2007 23:25:39 -0600 From: Old Ranger <ranger@oldpathsbaptistchurch.org> To: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BASH as root shell (static linking) Message-ID: <47071C53.2070409@oldpathsbaptistchurch.org> In-Reply-To: <20071006015528.332b66e5@gumby.homeunix.com.> References: <2F42244C-6F3F-48B3-AC05-FF068A791324@optusnet.com.au> <20071005204531.40afed9a@gumby.homeunix.com.> <1960C310-B558-484E-927A-4AAC273621D6@optusnet.com.au> <20071005162851.X8934@bravo.pjkh.com> <20071006003222.21205484@gumby.homeunix.com.> <20071006000946.GA96498@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <20071006015528.332b66e5@gumby.homeunix.com.>
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RW wrote: > On Fri, 5 Oct 2007 20:09:46 -0400 > Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> wrote: > > >> On Sat, Oct 06, 2007 at 12:32:22AM +0100, RW wrote: >> >> >>> On Fri, 5 Oct 2007 16:29:36 -0700 (PDT) >>> Philip Hallstrom <freebsd@philip.pjkh.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>>>> On 06/10/2007, at 5:45 AM, RW wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On Sat, 6 Oct 2007 04:54:26 +1000 >>>>>> Jerahmy Pocott <quakenet1@optusnet.com.au> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hello, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I'm wanting to use BASH as my root shell, so I compiled a >>>>>>> statically linked >>>>>>> >>>>>> I would suggest using bash as your toor shell instead. toor >>>>>> exist precisely for this purpose. >>>>>> >>>>> Yeah, I'v done that in the past, but I really dislike csh, I >>>>> don't want to use >>>>> it EVER =p >>>>> >>> I don't understand, why would you see csh if you login as toor >>> >> It has no shell in the /etc/passwd entry by default. >> Maybe it then defaults to csh (which is really tcsh) if nothing >> else is given. >> > > It defaults to sh > > >> Anyway, I prefer tcsh, but if the OP just has to have it bash, >> it is easy to do. >> > > I actually value my ignorance of tcsh, it prevents me doing anything > ambitious if I forget where I am. Explicitly selecting another shell is > like a safety-catch. And tsch is fairly friendly without knowing much > about it. > > >> All the OP has to do is install bash from /usr/ports/shells/bash and >> then edit /etc/passwd to change the last field for toor - after the >> last colon - to point to where it installs bash (/usr/local/bin/bash >> maybe) and then it should all be fine. >> > > Yes , that's what it's for. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > Hey look, BASH is not a UNIX shell. BASH occurred with Linux then carried over into FreeBSD. While it has "some" advantages, it is still a bastard. UNIX is written in "C" Want the best you can get? Use "tcsh" as a shell and let the linux community do whatever they want. SHEESH Z. Wade Hampton A UNIX person
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