Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 12:28:12 -0700 (PDT) From: "/dev/null" <null@dnswatch.com> To: "Michael Nottebrock" <lofi@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: root's shell (Was: Re: boot banner project) Message-ID: <1979.216.177.243.38.1115666892.localmail@webmail.dnswatch.com> In-Reply-To: <200505082006.35776.lofi@freebsd.org> References: <ff3ef3b2621f16316effcf296f044d93@mac.com><20050508044906.J55534@lexi.siliconlandmark.com><200505081248.06069.lofi@freebsd.org> <200505082006.35776.lofi@freebsd.org>
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> On Sunday, 8. May 2005 12:47, Michael Nottebrock wrote: >> On Sunday, 8. May 2005 10:50, Andre Guibert de Bruet wrote: >> > On Sun, 8 May 2005, Michael Nottebrock wrote: >> > > On Sunday, 8. May 2005 10:17, Andre Guibert de Bruet wrote: >> > >>>> 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 :). >> > >> >> > >> I don't like the thought of root's login shell being anywhere but >> on >> > >> the root partition. You're absolutely correct though (Single user >> mode >> > >> prompts for the shell to use). >> > > >> > > A dynamically linked bash(3) requires libintl ... >> > >> > Right, and if root's shell is set to /usr/local/bin/bash, you can opt >> to >> > use /bin/sh at the single user mode prompt. >> >> There's other possible issues - see >> > http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=884568+0+archive/2004/freebsd-current/20041010.freebsd-current > for an example. > > Oh, and btw: There is no freebsd-misc mailinglist. Perhaps you were > thinking > of comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc ... > He *boldly* asks without so much as the smallest amount of research - 1.) Would it be considered alot of trouble to make (t)csh POSIX compliant? 2.) Would it be considered difficult or poor practice to make root' shell an option during install? Had to ask, just crossed my mind. -Chris > -- > ,_, | Michael Nottebrock | lofi@freebsd.org > (/^ ^\) | FreeBSD - The Power to Serve | http://www.freebsd.org > \u/ | K Desktop Environment on FreeBSD | http://freebsd.kde.org > -- //////////////////////////////////////////////////// If only Western Electric had found a way to offer binary licenses for the UNIX system back in 1974, the UNIX system would be running on all PC's today rather than DOS/Windows. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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