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Date:      Thu, 25 Feb 1999 11:28:37 +1300 (NZDT)
From:      Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz>
To:        Langa Kentane <LKentane@mweb.com>
Cc:        "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: csh or bash (newbie)
Message-ID:  <Pine.SC5.4.10.9902251122340.11443-100000@kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz>
In-Reply-To: <913B8C252194D2119BD500805F31817803047D@za12nt02.mweb.com>

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On Wed, 24 Feb 1999, Langa Kentane wrote:

> The other day I asked for help on how to change the default shell for root.
> Some told me that it was not a very good idea to change root's shell. 
> 
> Can someone explain to me why?

Can't think of a reason why.

Some may say that when you go into single user mode, having the
non-default root shell will cause a problem; but FreeBSD will prompt
you for which shell to use when you go to single-user mode (in
which case I'd go with the default /bin/sh).

So, use what ever shell you want to for root. I do.
--
Jonathan Chen
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