Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 01:51:35 -0700 From: Summoner <summoner@uswest.net> To: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> Cc: John Armstrong <siberian@siberian.org>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What to tell to Linux-centric people?! Message-ID: <379AD017.F651CC0E@uswest.net> References: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9907231248470.12396-100000@dragon.ham.muohio.edu> <v0421010eb3be5f14df8c@[216.112.76.84]> <37991278.5324A70B@uswest.net> <v04210125b3bec432b792@[216.112.76.84]> <379914D5.6DB65A6C@uswest.net> <3799EA01.4A1E60C@newsguy.com>
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"Daniel C. Sobral" wrote: > > Summoner wrote: >> >> John Armstrong wrote: >>> Moral of the story, if something goes wrong with your root login >>> shell your in a little trouble and much less is likely to happen to >>> sh then to tcsh or bash or any other port shell. >> >> Why would sh be less likely to get screwed up? Because it's hardly >> ever used? > > Hardly ever used?!?!??!?! FOTCROTFLOLMAO!!!!!!!!!! > > Either sh or csh, because these are linked static and available on > /bin, so they can be used in single-user mode. Static linked means that the compiled binary has the neccessary (runtime?) libraries compiled into it, instead of using shared libraries on the system? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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