Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 00:27:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> Cc: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu>, Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.ai.mit.edu>, Studded@dal.net, FreeBSD-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Needed: Info on shells and script writing Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970814002622.284C-100000@Journey2.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.3.95.970814122632.858B-100000@tui.pinnacle.co.nz>
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On Thu, 14 Aug 1997, Jonathan Chen wrote: > On Wed, 13 Aug 1997, Annelise Anderson wrote: > > [snip] > > Note: Do not change root's shell. It must be either sh or csh, because > > otherwise you may not have a working shell when the system puts you > > into single user mode. > > Is this true? I've got tcsh as my root's shell, and when I `shutdown' > into single user, FreeBSD prompts me for the shell to use (in which > case I accept the default `sh'). FreeBSD's been fixed in that regard, but for those of us who work on multiple machines, well, there's lots of bsd platforms that this could get you on. ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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