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Date:      Mon, 10 May 1999 23:36:34 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Todd Backman <tbackman@c523578-a.sttls1.wa.home.com>
To:        "James A. Mutter" <jmutter@netwalk.com>
Cc:        phrotos@email.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: How to change the shell?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905102333270.2536-100000@c523578-a.sttls1.wa.home.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905110021390.67310-100000@insomnia.local.net>

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I am just curious as to why it would be a bad idea to change root's shell
to bash... (there are not too many exploits out there for bash)

Thanks.


On Tue, 11 May 1999, James A. Mutter wrote:

> Be careful _not_ to change roots shell to bash, this is regarded as a
> Bad Idea.
> 

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