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Date:      Thu, 16 Jun 2005 14:01:46 +0200
From:      des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=)
To:        obrien@freebsd.org
Cc:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Death to toor
Message-ID:  <86ekb25x3p.fsf@xps.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <20050616005929.GB6841@dragon.NUXI.org> (David O'Brien's message of "Wed, 15 Jun 2005 17:59:29 -0700")
References:  <53d4293a37f280317d52338c2fc6fc6d@FreeBSD.org> <20050612025402.GD67746@dragon.NUXI.org> <200506151655.52894.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <20050616005929.GB6841@dragon.NUXI.org>

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"David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 04:55:52PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote:
> > Also, note that according to the FAQ, toor exists for bash support [...]
> The FAQ is wrong.
>
> 'toor' is in the earliest CSRG master.passwd in Kirk McKusick's SCCS
> archive (5.1 bostic 25-Jan-88).  Its original form was:
>     root::0:10:Charlie &:/:/bin/csh
>     toor::0:10:Bourne-again Superuser:/:

"bourne-again" is precisely what the "ba" in "bash" means.

As far as I can determine, bash dates back to at least 1987, so it is
not at all unlikely that it was in widespread use at the CSRG in 1988.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no




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