Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 06:09:22 -0600 From: Donald Wilde <dwilde1@thuntek.net> To: Todd Backman <tbackman@c523578-a.sttls1.wa.home.com> Cc: "James A. Mutter" <jmutter@netwalk.com>, phrotos@email.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to change the shell? Message-ID: <37381DF2.8B19E36@thuntek.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905102333270.2536-100000@c523578-a.sttls1.wa.home.com>
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Todd Backman wrote: > > I am just curious as to why it would be a bad idea to change root's shell > to bash... (there are not too many exploits out there for bash) > > Thanks. > > On Tue, 11 May 1999, James A. Mutter wrote: > > > Be careful _not_ to change roots shell to bash, this is regarded as a > > Bad Idea. > > > The only problem with this is that if the machine can't mount your disks and you need to work in single-user mode, bash won't run. csh and sh are in the root partition /, so they're available. If the machine can't load bash for you, it will fall back to sh, so I've never had a problem doing the simple things I need to do in SU mode. I find that the benefits of having shell consistency far outweigh the downside. I've got enough to learn in this lifetime without having to deal with csh and vi too! -- Don Wilde "Bringing the Internet to everyone!" Wilde Media 1380 Rio Rancho Blvd. SE #117 voice: 505-771-0709 Rio Rancho, New Mexico 87124 e-mail: dwilde1@thuntek.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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