* David Landgren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [1241 17:41]:
> Dick Davies wrote:
> >To the original poster: just be root and run 'chsh'.
>
> No.
>
> When you are logged in as root, you *should* have to go through extra
> hoops to get comfortable.
On my box I have a # prompt to tell me I'm root. I don't sit on a drawing
pin when I su just to remind me I have godly powers, and I don't see why I
should be banging zeroes together to get ones when I can be more productive
(and therefore spend less time with escalated privileges) in bash.
> I am not saying that you should not use bash when logged in as root. I
> am saying that you should not configure your root account to login with
> shell that is dysfunctional if /usr is unmounted.
Look, if /usr is unmounted and you are logged in, you are on the console :
[EMAIL PROTECTED] gdm2 # which sshd
/usr/sbin/sshd
so you may as well be single user and pick the shell you want. If /usr is
hosed, run /bin/*sh. What's the problem?
>Yes, 'exec zsh' or
> whatever is a minor hassle, but it's there to remind you that root is
> different.
Sorry, but this is just dogma. Give me a benefit of not changing roots shell
that isn't either:
a) csh is really shitty, so encourages you not to su
b) if your shell is in /usr you will be screwed if /usr is unmounted
c) 'bash is for teh lam0rs' ( ok no-ones explicitly mentioned this yet, but
admit it,
it entered your head :) )
or let's just drop it.
This thread has come back from the dead more than Captain Scarlet,
it just gets my goat everytime I hear the same dubious arguments.
--
'Everyone's always in favour of saving Hitler's brain, but when you put it
in the body of a Great White shark suddenly you've gone too far..'
-- Prof. Farnsworth
Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns
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