Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 12:08:46 -0400 From: Daniel Frazier <dfrazier@magpage.com> To: Alex Dyas <ADyas@twowaytv.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: root shell Message-ID: <3B17BE0E.A65D7106@magpage.com> References: <911D8F660DF6D411B61F00500462BA018B3A39@EXCHANGE>
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Alex Dyas wrote: > > As a side note, it is unadvisable to change root's default shell for a > number of reasons. There is a high probability that the shell you've used > instead (eg bash) resides on a partition other than the root partition > (/usr). In an emergency situation where you only have the root partition > mounted you won't have a shell to log in with. If you absolutely have to > use a shell other than the default your best bet is just to put up with > running it after you log in. > well, I've never considered that an issue since when going into single user mode there's always a prompt to "enter full path to shell or hit enter for /bin/sh" or something similar. Maybe it's not The Right Way but one of the first things I do when setting up a new box is to change root's shell to bash(using "chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash" of course...). Just a personal preference but it's never presented any problems for me. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Frazier <dfrazier@magpage.com> Tel: 302-239-5900 Ext. 231 Systems Administrator Fax: 302-239-3909 MAGPAGE, We Power the Internet WWW: http://www.magpage.com/ "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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