Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 07:08:42 +0000 From: Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> To: David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE-i386 will changing root shell break anything? Message-ID: <20090107070842.GB36732@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <F763DD8CE6D8435981C4AE71F4C03983@p43400e> References: <F763DD8CE6D8435981C4AE71F4C03983@p43400e>
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On Sun, Jan 04, 2009 at 02:09:03PM -0800, David Christensen wrote: > > freebsd-questions: > > I'm building a fresh Amanda server using FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE-i386: > > > http://portsmon.freebsd.org/portoverview.py?category=misc&portname=amand > a-server > > > Most of my software background is GNU/Linux. I would prefer using the > Bash shell, but the default FreeBSD shell for root appears to be the C > shell: > > p3450# echo $SHELL > /bin/csh > > > I have changed the root shell to Bash on another machine I use as a CVS > server and haven't noticed any issues yet, but I've been wondering if > I'm setting myself up for problems by doing so. > > > Does anybody know if it's okay to change the root shell on FreeBSD > 7.0-RELEASE-i386? I change my root shell to pdksh. It's statically linked and I copy it from /usr/local/bin to /bin. In single user mode you're prompted for a shell (/bin/sh is the default) so I usually use that. I've never had any problems (famous last words ;) Just have to remember to copy the executable to the root filesystem if your shell gets upgraded. What you don't want to do is overwrite /bin/sh with /bin/bash or anything like that. The boot up scripts depend on /bin/sh and although bash is meant to be Bourne compatible, I wouldn't trust it myself to bring up the system without problems. > > > TIA, > > David Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html
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