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Date:      Wed, 22 Jan 1997 19:18:59 +0000 ()
From:      Nessus <jandrese@vt.edu>
To:        gippolit@ccsmtp2.eccs.com
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How can I chang my root shell
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.970122191618.411A-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <9700228539.AA853976013@ccsmtp2.eccs.com>

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On Wed, 22 Jan 1997 gippolit@ccsmtp2.eccs.com wrote:

=)     How do I change my root shell
=)
=)
You don't want to do this.  Login as a regular user and su to root
instead, it will keep the original user's shell (assuming you don't use
the -l option)  
The reason for this:
Assume you change root's shell to /usr/local/bin/tcsh, then later on,
something breaks in your rc, /usr won't be mounted and root won't have a
shell.  

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