Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 17:50:13 -0800 (PST) From: Snob Art Genre <ben@narcissus.ml.org> To: Nessus <jandrese@vt.edu> Cc: gippolit@ccsmtp2.eccs.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How can I chang my root shell Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970122174915.1151F-100000@narcissus.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970122191618.411A-100000@localhost>
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On Wed, 22 Jan 1997, Nessus wrote: > 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. This is not correct. When the system boots to single-user mode, it prompts for a shell, defaulting to sh. > :: Jason Andresen :. . . . . . . . . : Running FreeBSD and :: Ben The views expressed above are not those of the Worker's Compensation Board of Queensland, Australia.
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