From owner-freebsd-arch Sun Apr 9 1: 0:31 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.204.136.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA1FE37B5C9 for ; Sun, 9 Apr 2000 01:00:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA10332 for ; Sun, 9 Apr 2000 10:04:02 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id KAA02159 for freebsd-arch@freebsd.org; Sun, 9 Apr 2000 10:00:19 +0200 (CEST) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [198.78.58.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A610F37B73C; Sun, 9 Apr 2000 01:00:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fullermd@futuresouth.com) Received: (from fullermd@localhost) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id CAA01696; Sun, 9 Apr 2000 02:59:58 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2000 02:59:57 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Bob Bishop Cc: obrien@freebsd.org, arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Import of tcsh into src/contrib/, replacing src/usr.bin/csh Message-ID: <20000409025957.A26049@futuresouth.com> References: <20000406134916.A23265@dragon.nuxi.com> <4.3.1.2.20000407094800.00ac2970@gid.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre3i In-Reply-To: <4.3.1.2.20000407094800.00ac2970@gid.co.uk> X-OS: FreeBSD Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Apr 07, 2000 at 10:00:12AM +0100, a little birdie told me that Bob Bishop remarked > > On principle, please don't do it. I'd go so far as to vote for having > /bin/sh as root's default shell. If people want to use whacky shells and > set fire to their ass they are free to do so, but I seriously doubt the > wisdom of encouraging them. Hm. Coincidentally, that's just what I do. I just never use it: [2:05:47] mortis:~ (ttyp3):{122}% head -2 /etc/passwd root:*:0:0:The Devil Himself:/root:/bin/sh toor:*:0:0:The Devil Backwards:/root:/bin/tcsh And I have su aliased to 'su toor' in my .tcshrc. Oh, and BTW: (ttyp3):{124}% ll /bin/csh /bin/tcsh /usr/local/bin/tcsh -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 282032 Mar 14 03:56 /bin/csh* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 468768 May 11 1999 /bin/tcsh* -r-xr-xr-x 1 bin bin 254536 May 11 1999 /usr/local/bin/tcsh* Not all that much bigger at all... -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Unix Systems Administrator | fullermd@futuresouth.com Specializing in FreeBSD | http://www.over-yonder.net/ "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message