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Date:      Tue, 22 Feb 2011 12:08:30 -0500
From:      Randy Ramsdell <rramsdell@activedg.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: bash can not find most of my commands
Message-ID:  <4D63ED8E.8090309@activedg.com>
In-Reply-To: <4D63EB2E.3080200@alokat.org>
References:  <4D63E6F2.3050008@alokat.org> <4D63E92C.4060304@ifdnrg.com> <4D63EB2E.3080200@alokat.org>

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Alokat wrote:
> On 02/22/11 17:49, Paul Macdonald wrote:
>> On 22/02/2011 16:40, Alokat wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have changed my shell from csh to bash ...
>>> But after that I have to call "reboot" like /sbin/reboot.
>>>
>>> How can I change that without changing the shell. :)
>>>
>> don't change your root shell!
>>
>> csh is in the base system so is safe and will always* work,
>>
>> bash is a port and gets updated regularly, there's been at least one 
>> occasion when my bash upgrade failed and i couln't login as root.  
>> very frustrating..
>>
>> I just get used to changing to bash after that, much safer!
>>
>> Paul.
>>
>>
>>
> Paul has satisfied me. I have changed back to csh.
> 
> Thank for help.
> 
> Regards,
> alokat
> 

And if you use bash after login or anytime, your original problem remains.



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