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Date:      Sun, 8 May 2005 10:02:04 +0200
From:      Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
To:        Michael Nottebrock <lofi@freebsd.org>
Cc:        "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
Subject:   Re: boot banner project
Message-ID:  <20050508080204.GA21819@freebie.xs4all.nl>
In-Reply-To: <200505080957.19137.lofi@freebsd.org>
References:  <ff3ef3b2621f16316effcf296f044d93@mac.com> <200505080425.24495.lofi@freebsd.org> <20050508073446.GA21550@freebie.xs4all.nl> <200505080957.19137.lofi@freebsd.org>

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On Sun, May 08, 2005 at 09:57:14AM +0200, Michael Nottebrock wrote..
> On Sunday, 8. May 2005 09:34, Wilko Bulte wrote:
> > On Sun, May 08, 2005 at 04:25:20AM +0200, Michael Nottebrock wrote..
> >
> > > On Thursday, 5. May 2005 04:16, Charles Swiger wrote:
> > > > Data point: I've been running /bin/sh as root's shell on a bunch of
> > > > machines with zero issues since 4.0.
> > >
> > > You got lucky then, because there's some actual footshooting potential in
> > > doing that. Use toor.
> >
> > Interesting, I have been running /bin/sh since 1.0R (yes..) for root
> > and it never bit me.  Where is that footshooting potential?
> 
> Sorry, I just scanned the thread before replying - there's probably no 
> footshooting potential in using /bin/sh for root. 
> 
> I was thinking about using (/usr/local/bin/)bash for root, something a lot of 
> people try to do (until they notice a toe missing :).


Been doing that as well, again without problems.

-- 
Wilko Bulte				wilko@FreeBSD.org



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