Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 16:06:24 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> To: Andy Firman <andy@firman.us>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bash - superuser Message-ID: <2147483647.1103904384@[192.168.2.101]> In-Reply-To: <20041224155358.GB15993@akroteq.com> References: <41C6EE24.4080606@vilot.com> <200412202154.iBKLsrt13676@clunix.cl.msu.edu> <20041224155358.GB15993@akroteq.com>
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--On Friday, December 24, 2004 6:53 AM -0900 Andy Firman <andy@firman.us> wrote: > > So for those of us that want to go back to the way things should be, > (leaving root shell be /bin/sh) I fire up vipw and change this: > > root:*:0:0:Charlie &:/root:/usr/local/bin/bash > > to this: > > root:*:0:0:Charlie &:/root:/bin/sh > > Right? > Correct. > Then I keep using sudo all the time. But if I need to do some big > work as root, I can su to root and get bash simply by typing: > > /usr/local/bin/bash > > Right? > Correct. However, there's one more thing you need to know. When you use su, if you type "% su", you become root, but you are using *your* path. If you want to use root's path, type "%su -". That makes you root *with* root's path, and makes things much easier for you. Then just type "% bash" at the prompt, and you are using bash as your shell. The only "gotcha" (if you want to call it that) is that you have to type "% exit" twice to stop being root - once to get out of bash, and the second time to exit your su - session. Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu
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