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Date:      Fri, 09 Jul 2004 20:41:57 -0400
From:      Marc Spitzer <mspitze1@optonline.net>
To:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: bash as a login shell (was Root users shell == no existantshell /bin/bash)
Message-ID:  <20040709204157.5f1f539f@bogomips.optonline.net>
In-Reply-To: <20040709142246.30a96c9f.djb@unixan.com>
References:  <40EECA19.3925.EDD9BBEB@localhost> <20040709142246.30a96c9f.djb@unixan.com>

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On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 14:22:46 -0700
Daniel Brown <djb@unixan.com> wrote:

> When you prefer to use a shell every single time, then having to type
> 'bash' is an unnecessary bother every time.  This is more so when you
> work in a group of admins -- some people are less tolerant of manually
> entering a different shell than others.
> 
> To be honest, also, it's not always very obvious which shell you log
> into at first.  Just going to the right shell in the first place
> removes the confusion.

ok, but when was bash declared the right shell for the job?

marc



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