Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 18:08:09 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Andrew Pantyukhin <infofarmer@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dangers of using a non-base shell Message-ID: <20071109160809.GA14984@kobe.laptop> In-Reply-To: <20071109155558.GF8728@amilo.cenkes.org> References: <472647A0.3030009@brookes.ac.uk> <20071030113912.GB3941@kobe.laptop> <20071109155558.GF8728@amilo.cenkes.org>
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On 2007-11-09 18:55, Andrew Pantyukhin <infofarmer@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 01:39:12PM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > I've been using the following for some time: > > > > keramida> su - > > Password: ******** > > root# exec env SHELL=/usr/local/bin/bash bash -l > > I know it doesn't work on slolaris^W some Unix flavors, but I've > been quite happy with "su -m". Heh, putting the Solaris bashing (sic) aside, I can see how the -m option can be useful some times. After all, it was implemented because *someone* thought it would be neat to have around :-)
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