From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 10 9: 6:29 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 10 09:06:26 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail2.tdb.uu.se (mail2.tdb.uu.se [130.238.18.35]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C56937B400 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2000 09:06:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from rackarberget.uu.se (rackarberget.it.uu.se [130.238.18.38]) by mail2.tdb.uu.se (8.8.8/8.8.8/STUD_1.1) with ESMTP id SAA00347; Sun, 10 Dec 2000 18:06:22 +0100 (MET) Received: (from ertr1013@localhost) by rackarberget.uu.se (8.9.1b+Sun/8.8.8/STUD_NULL_1.1) id SAA21965; Sun, 10 Dec 2000 18:06:22 +0100 (MET) Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 18:06:22 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson To: Cliff Sarginson Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Root and the C Shell Message-ID: <20001210180621.A20292@student.uu.se> References: <00121017490501.01067@buffy> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <00121017490501.01067@buffy>; from cliff@raggedclown.net on Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 05:49:05PM +0100 Sender: ertr1013@mail2.tdb.uu.se Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 05:49:05PM +0100, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > Hello, > A simple question, I loathe and detest the C shell. > Will anything break if I change root's login shell to > be something (anything!) other than csh ? No. You can change it to whatever shell you like. Just remeber that it can be a good idea to have whatever shell root is using statically linked. This reduces problems when /usr isn't mounted or the dynamic loader has broken. One common thing to do is to leave root's shell alone and create another user with uid 0 and whatever shell you like. ('toor' in the default /etc/passwd is an example of this) > > I wouldnt imagine it would cause a problem. > If it does that is a negative point for FreeBSD > in my view. Then it will make friends with > the second negative point I have over FreeBSD .. > it's appaling mis-use of /usr/local .. mmm.. local means > errm local ! Yes, and none of the standard components are installed under /usr/local so I don't quite see what the problem is. The only things that end up uner /usr/local are the things that are locally installed. > > Apart from that FreeBSd gets lots of positives except... (to be continued) > -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message