Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 13:24:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@ANDRSN.STANFORD.EDU> To: Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: why we don't mess with root's shell: Re: Need help with Root shell? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990528132219.24883C-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <7imjo4$kef$1@mips.rhein-neckar.de>
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Suppose FreeBSD were to provide as a default shell for root and for users something with a few more features than sh and csh-- filename completion, command recall and editing, a prompt easy to configure to tell you who you are and where you are. Statically linked, of course, so that it's available in single user mode. Where would YOU put it? Annelise On 28 May 1999, Christian Weisgerber wrote: > 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 > carpe librum: books 'n' reviews <URL:http://www.carpe.com/buch/>; > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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