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Date:      Thu, 02 Dec 1999 19:22:17 +0200
From:      Usov Alexander <usov@hq.ups.kiev.ua>
To:        Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
Cc:        Phil Homewood <philh@mincom.com>, Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: root shell/toor shell
Message-ID:  <3846AAC9.82F3D981@hq.ups.kiev.ua>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9912021910530.94523-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>

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Try
if [ -x /usr/local/bin/bash] ; then
        exec /usr/local/bin/bash -login ;
fi


> >Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> >> In re changing root's/toor's shell, why not just put som,e code in
> >> your .profile/.cshrc that conditionally automagically exec's zsh/bash
> >> if it's available? :)
> >>
> >> if [ -x /usr/local/bin/zsh ] ; then
> >>         exec /usr/local/bin/zsh ;
> >> fi
>
> I would like to use this for my 'toor' user, but how do i preserve all  my
> aliases and shell variables?  I see lots of stuff going on in .cshrc and i
> put some extra stuff in .profile, but when i run zsh or bash after my
> prompt comes up, all that info is lost in the new shell.  Is there a way
> to preserve it?
>
> -jm
>
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