From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 10 10:44:51 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BB3616A4CE; Tue, 10 May 2005 10:44:51 +0000 (GMT) Received: from isis.sigpipe.cz (fw.sigpipe.cz [62.245.70.224]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57B7843D5A; Tue, 10 May 2005 10:44:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from neuhauser@sigpipe.cz) Received: by isis.sigpipe.cz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 540791F87BED; Tue, 10 May 2005 12:44:49 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 12:44:49 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser To: Charles Swiger Message-ID: <20050510104449.GC5230@isis.sigpipe.cz> Mail-Followup-To: Charles Swiger , Michael Nottebrock , Wilko Bulte , freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <200505080425.24495.lofi@freebsd.org> <20050508073446.GA21550@freebie.xs4all.nl> <200505080957.19137.lofi@freebsd.org> <3c33db4aa0c08292214219f868819726@mac.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3c33db4aa0c08292214219f868819726@mac.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 10 May 2005 13:10:44 +0000 cc: Wilko Bulte cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org cc: Michael Nottebrock Subject: Re: boot banner project X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 10:44:51 -0000 # cswiger@mac.com / 2005-05-10 01:09:57 -0400: > On May 8, 2005, at 3:57 AM, Michael Nottebrock wrote: > >Sorry, I just scanned the thread before replying - there's probably no > >footshooting potential in using /bin/sh for root. > > > >I was thinking about using (/usr/local/bin/)bash for root, something a > >lot of > >people try to do (until they notice a toe missing :). > However, logging in as a normal user and gaining privileges via sudo > seems to work just as well, and avoids the need to login directly as a > UID==0 account. I don't remember any trouble from always using su -m (when I do su instead of sudo). -- How many Vietnam vets does it take to screw in a light bulb? You don't know, man. You don't KNOW. Cause you weren't THERE. http://bash.org/?255991