Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 10:01:22 -0800 (PST) From: <keith@mail.telestream.com> To: Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu> Cc: Dmitry Karasik <dk@plab.ku.dk>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: toor Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10011031000390.22777-100000@mail.telestream.com> In-Reply-To: <20001103095806.C81345@wopr.caltech.edu>
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You can also run a shell from /stand. Keith ================================= Keith W. At the helm <for better or worse> My non work related site www.cydonia.net ================================= On Fri, 3 Nov 2000, Matthew Hunt wrote: > Dmitry, > > On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 01:00:15PM +0100, Dmitry Karasik wrote: > > > Matthew> FreeBSD asks you what shell you want when you boot single-user. > > Matthew> It defaults to /bin/sh. You will not screw yourself by setting > > Matthew> root's shell to /usr/local/bin/wackysh. > > > > Unless your /usr is on a different partition. > > No, you still don't screw yourself. If you can't mount /usr for > some reason, then you're going to be in single-user mode and you run > /bin/sh or whatever instead. My point was that root's shell in > /etc/passwd has no effect on single-user mode. > > -- > Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu> * UNIX is a lever for the > http://www.pobox.com/~mph/ * intellect. -J.R. Mashey > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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