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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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