Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 12:15:30 +1000 From: "Don Hansford" <donh@halenet.com.au> To: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Changing shell Message-ID: <004e01bf00b2$84d51900$7b2137cb@igor> References: <19990917031515.4383B14DDB@hub.freebsd.org>
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I disagree, changing from csh to bash can only be described as A Good Thing! Sam, type the following chsh <enter> in the resulting file (.profile) change /bin/sh to /usr/local/bin/bash (assuming, of course, that you have loaded bash through either the install, or the /stand/sysinstall routine Regards Igor Double your drive space - delete Windows! ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Henry <mhenry@pgrad.cs.usyd.edu.au> To: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Friday, September 17, 1999 1:15 PM Subject: Re: Changing shell > > > Does anyone know how to change the root shell from csh to bash? > > It is my understanding that changing root's shell is A Bad Thing. > You shouldn't be running as root often enough for it to be an > inconvenience anyway. > > There is an account "toor" which also has UID 0, and uses bash > as it's login shell. > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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