Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 03:58:57 -0400 From: parv <parv_@yahoo.com> To: Jason Vervlied <jvervlied@hway.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bash in /usr/local/bin? Message-ID: <20010811035857.A74764@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <3B74D2CD.7D1C21E8@hway.net>; from jvervlied@hway.net on Sat, Aug 11, 2001 at 02:38:05AM -0400 References: <3B74D2CD.7D1C21E8@hway.net>
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this was, on the fateful occasion around Aug 11 02:38 -0400, sent by Jason Vervlied > > Is there a reason why the bash shell is kept in /usr/local/bin. I would > personally prefer to use it for my root shell, but if I remember right, > root needs to have something that is in /bin (I could be wrong). If I do > need a shell located in /bin for root would it break anything if I moved > bash from /usr/local/bin to /bin last time -- couple months ago -- i compiled bash2 statically, it was installed in both /bin and /usr/local/bin; so not only you would need to keep a copy in /bin, you have to have a _statically_compiled_ shell so that it can be used w/o the need of /usr[/local]. why? so that you can use the shell in single user mode if needed. and last time -- couple days ago -- i installed ksh93, /etc/shells was updated in the process. > (yes I know I woudl have to update /etc/shells)? more importantly /etc/master.passwd... as far as usage for root goes... -- so, do you like word games or scrabble? - parv To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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