From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 6 01:12:32 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71B0716A41A for ; Sat, 6 Oct 2007 01:12:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd06+PA=56a1cd00@mlists.homeunix.com) Received: from turtle-out.mxes.net (turtle-out.mxes.net [216.86.168.191]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 497B013C44B for ; Sat, 6 Oct 2007 01:12:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd06+PA=56a1cd00@mlists.homeunix.com) Received: from mxout-03.mxes.net (mxout-03.mxes.net [216.86.168.178]) by turtle-in.mxes.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2A99164591 for ; Fri, 5 Oct 2007 20:55:33 -0400 (EDT) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com. (unknown [87.81.140.128]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.mxes.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FA4F51910 for ; Fri, 5 Oct 2007 20:55:31 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2007 01:55:28 +0100 From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20071006015528.332b66e5@gumby.homeunix.com.> In-Reply-To: <20071006000946.GA96498@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <2F42244C-6F3F-48B3-AC05-FF068A791324@optusnet.com.au> <20071005204531.40afed9a@gumby.homeunix.com.> <1960C310-B558-484E-927A-4AAC273621D6@optusnet.com.au> <20071005162851.X8934@bravo.pjkh.com> <20071006003222.21205484@gumby.homeunix.com.> <20071006000946.GA96498@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.0.0 (GTK+ 2.10.14; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: BASH as root shell (static linking) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2007 01:12:32 -0000 On Fri, 5 Oct 2007 20:09:46 -0400 Jerry McAllister wrote: > On Sat, Oct 06, 2007 at 12:32:22AM +0100, RW wrote: > > > On Fri, 5 Oct 2007 16:29:36 -0700 (PDT) > > Philip Hallstrom wrote: > > > > > > On 06/10/2007, at 5:45 AM, RW wrote: > > > > > > > >> On Sat, 6 Oct 2007 04:54:26 +1000 > > > >> Jerahmy Pocott wrote: > > > >> > > > >>> Hello, > > > >>> > > > >>> I'm wanting to use BASH as my root shell, so I compiled a > > > >>> statically linked > > > >> > > > >> I would suggest using bash as your toor shell instead. toor > > > >> exist precisely for this purpose. > > > > > > > > Yeah, I'v done that in the past, but I really dislike csh, I > > > > don't want to use > > > > it EVER =p > > > > I don't understand, why would you see csh if you login as toor > > It has no shell in the /etc/passwd entry by default. > Maybe it then defaults to csh (which is really tcsh) if nothing > else is given. It defaults to sh > Anyway, I prefer tcsh, but if the OP just has to have it bash, > it is easy to do. I actually value my ignorance of tcsh, it prevents me doing anything ambitious if I forget where I am. Explicitly selecting another shell is like a safety-catch. And tsch is fairly friendly without knowing much about it. > All the OP has to do is install bash from /usr/ports/shells/bash and > then edit /etc/passwd to change the last field for toor - after the > last colon - to point to where it installs bash (/usr/local/bin/bash > maybe) and then it should all be fine. Yes , that's what it's for.