Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 12:28:05 -0600 (CST) From: David Kelly <dkelly@fly.HiWAAY.net> To: brian@garage.co.jp, kris@airnet.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: what are all the different users for? Message-ID: <199804031828.MAA13965@fly.HiWAAY.net>
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Kris Kirby <kris@ninbox.ml.org> wrote: > Brian Takashi Hooper wrote: > > > As a related question, can anyone tell me for sure if it's ok to change > > the login shell for root? I am used to using bash, so I'd like to use > > that; however, is there anything that depends on root being /bin/csh? > > > I knew this one guy who accidentally blew away csh and couldn't start a > root shell without kernel -s because he exited before he noticed the > problem. Now he keeps a root shell running with sh and open so he > doesn't goof up ;-) Groan. Some people will do anything. root:*:0:0:Charlie &:/root:/bin/csh toor:*:0:0:Bourne-again Superuser:/root: I forget if toor is in the default /etc/passwd or if I added it. But its there in case csh gets mangled, or the root account gets mangled (~/.cshrc for example). Once Upon A Time under Irix 3.3.3, a space got appended to the end of root's /etc/passwd entry. As silly as that may seem, it was enough to keep root out. I learned my lesson well. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net (hm) ====================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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