Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 18:30:11 -0400 (EDT) From: jack <jack@germanium.xtalwind.net> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@rush.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: what is you favorite shell? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9904281822540.46974-100000@germanium.xtalwind.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990428132726.10204Y-100000@cygnus.rush.net>
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Today Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> > I have no problems with bash 2 as root user. Tho' I do make
> > sure it's copied into /bin as the default install is to
> > /usr/local/bin.
>
> *slap* *slap*
>
> is your /bin/bash statically linked? If not expect a hell of a time
> using it in single user mode. (no /usr/lib available)
>
> I see too many people coming from Linux thinking that this is _ok_
> to do. It is NOT. Typing 'bash' after 'su' don't kill you.
In single user the shell listed in the password file is ignored.
The "Enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh: " prompt
determines the shell in single user mode. RETURN invokes sh even
with a default root shell of /usr/local/bin/tcsh. The One True
Shell. :)
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