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Date:      Fri, 22 Sep 2006 21:24:53 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Darren Henderson <darren@nighttide.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: csh as default root Shell
Message-ID:  <20060922211719.F22066@olmec>
In-Reply-To: <200609190355.35277.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com>
References:  <f0b4e67f2f8d99971d872100eb0a2e1d@prodigy.net> <200609190355.35277.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com>

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On Tue, 19 Sep 2006, RW wrote:

> What you shouldn't do is set a shell installed from packages as the root
> shell, such as bash.

This has become so what canonized however... there is no problem in 
running your chosen shell. If you boot single user it will ask you for a 
shell to use. Just use /bin/sh if the volume containing your chosen shell 
isn't mounted.

Take appropriate steps to configure your login scripts accordingly if they 
are doing anything important that is dependent on the shell.



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