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Date:      Mon, 2 Mar 2009 13:14:00 -0500
From:      Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>
To:        new_guy <byte8bits@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Root shell
Message-ID:  <20090302181400.GB56706@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <22293187.post@talk.nabble.com>
References:  <d2f26f270903010650h243df36bx2ea07d434567633e@mail.gmail.com> <20090301161650.GB15344@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> <20090301183715.5b1571db@gumby.homeunix.com> <22293187.post@talk.nabble.com>

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On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 09:55:39AM -0800, new_guy wrote:

> 
> 
> RW-15 wrote:
> > 
> > On Sun, 1 Mar 2009 16:16:50 +0000
> > Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> wrote:
> > 
> >> pdksh is statically linked and I don't know if bash is. 
> > 
> > It's a build option.
> > 
> > 
> 
> Seems root should have a static shell always... otherwise, all bets are off
> as some of the shared libs may be inaccessible or damaged. So long as bash
> is statically linked and properly located, there should not be an issue. But
> most folks (linux users) aren't aware of the implications of dynamic linking
> and such. So it's probably best to 'just say no' to the OP's question. Leave
> root's shell alone unless you know what you're doing and bash is built
> appropriately. 

Well put.

////jerry

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