Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 03:55:33 +0100 From: RW <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: csh as default root Shell Message-ID: <200609190355.35277.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> In-Reply-To: <f0b4e67f2f8d99971d872100eb0a2e1d@prodigy.net> References: <f0b4e67f2f8d99971d872100eb0a2e1d@prodigy.net>
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On Tuesday 19 September 2006 03:34, jekillen wrote: > Hello; > Since I have been advised by way of correspondence with UUASC (Unix > Users of Association of Southern California) > that changing the root shell in FreeBSD is not advised and I have two > machines up and running and a third on the > way, I have purchased a text from (I don't know if it is appropriate > for this list to mention the publisher by name but > it is closely connected to the publisher of Absolute BSD). > Has anyone any comments regarding this text based on familiarity (Using > Csh and Tcsh). I noticed the publication > date is 1995. It's a manual of sorts, I'll read it before stumbling > around on lists for answers to awk ward questions. IIRC csh *is* the default root shell. What you shouldn't do is set a shell installed from packages as the root shell, such as bash.
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