Date: 28 May 1999 19:28:36 +0200 From: naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de (Christian Weisgerber) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: why we don't mess with root's shell: Re: Need help with Root shell? Message-ID: <7imjo4$kef$1@mips.rhein-neckar.de> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990526130557.9491o-100000@cygnus.rush.net> <3.0.5.32.19990526135641.007c09f0@devrycols.edu>
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James A. Mutter <jm7996@devrycols.edu> wrote:
> If noone's mentioned this yet, /bin/bash is a "linux only" thing.
> It doesn't exist on FreeBSD, it doesn't exist on NetBSD, it doesn't exist
> on OpenBSD.
> It doesn't exist on _any_ Sun box, it doesn't exist on _any_ IBM box, it
> doesn't exist on _any_ Digital box.
Unless the sysadmin set it up in this way.
> To put it bluntly, it doesn't exist anywhere but Linux.
> That's what they get for not following standards!
What's non-standard about it?
A typical Linux distribution uses bash as its /bin/sh, so it's only
natural to include /bin/bash as a hard link.
--
Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de
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