Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2007 00:56:03 +1000 From: andrew clarke <mail@ozzmosis.com> To: Jerahmy Pocott <quakenet1@optusnet.com.au> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: BASH as root shell (static linking) Message-ID: <20071006145603.GA11347@ozzmosis.com> In-Reply-To: <2F42244C-6F3F-48B3-AC05-FF068A791324@optusnet.com.au> References: <2F42244C-6F3F-48B3-AC05-FF068A791324@optusnet.com.au>
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On Sat, Oct 06, 2007 at 04:54:26AM +1000, Jerahmy Pocott wrote: > I'm wanting to use BASH as my root shell, so I compiled a statically linked > version then tried to log in with only / mounted. But I was locked out > because elf.ld.so could not be found.. > > I though elf was the native binary format these days? But it needs a > library to run them? Is it possible to statically link against elf? Or do > standalone binary have to be in aout format? I'm a bit confused as to why it > requires this dynamic library.. I'm not sure if this helps at all, but you can build a static version of bash from the Ports tree: cd /usr/ports/shells/bash make WITH_STATIC_BASH=1 You'll need to cp bash to /bin. Regards Andrew
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