Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 18:31:13 +0200 From: Cynic <cynic@mail.cz> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: root shell Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20010601183039.00b5ebd8@mail.cz> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0106011554060.53879-100000@sobek.openirc.co. uk> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20010601164100.02768688@mail.cz>
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Thank you to all who have responded.
At 15:55 1.6. 2001 +0100, George Reid wrote:
>On Fri, 1 Jun 2001, Cynic wrote:
>
> > how do I get the root account use other shell than csh?
>
>chsh(1), or more generally, vipw(8).
>
> > I have changed the root's shell entry in /etc/passwd to
> > /bin/bash, but still get csh upon logging in.
>
>This is because you're not supposed to do that...Use the correct tools for
>editing the password database (which isn't just /etc/passwd).
>
>--
>+-------------------+---------------------+
>| George Reid | FreeBSD Committer |
>| +44 7740 197460 | greid@FreeBSD.org |
>+-------------------+---------------------+
cynic@mail.cz
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And the eyes of them both were opened and they saw that their files
were world readable and writable, so they chmoded 600 their files.
- Book of Installation chapt 3 sec 7
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