Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 00:49:13 -0400 (EDT) From: jack <jack@diamond.xtalwind.net> To: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> Cc: FreeBSD-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Needed: Info on shells and script writing Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970814004520.24675A-100000@zeus.xtalwind.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.3.95.970814122632.858B-100000@tui.pinnacle.co.nz>
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On Thu, 14 Aug 1997, Jonathan Chen wrote: > [snip] > > Note: Do not change root's shell. It must be either sh or csh, because > > otherwise you may not have a working shell when the system puts you > > into single user mode. > > Is this true? Absolutely not. > I've got tcsh as my root's shell, and when I `shutdown' > into single user, FreeBSD prompts me for the shell to use (in which > case I accept the default `sh'). I have seven boxen with tcsh as the root shell and entering single user mode they all prompt for a shell, offering sh as the default. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jack O'Neill Finger jacko@diamond.xtalwind.net or jack@xtalwind.net http://www.xtalwind.net/~jacko/pubpgp.html #include <std_disclaimers.h> for my PGP key. PGP Key fingerprint = F6 C4 E6 D4 2F 15 A7 67 FD 09 E9 3C 5F CC EB CD --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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