On Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 10:30:20AM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > On Monday, 20 December 2004 at 15:52:27 +0100, Ruben de Groot wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 01:32:53PM +0000, Dick Davies typed: > >> * Gerhard Meier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [1207 12:07]: > >>> On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 08:41:57AM -0200, Giuliano Cardozo Medalha wrote: > >>>> I have a machine with FreeBSD 5.3 - release -p2. > >>>> > >>>> I have installed bash from ports. > >>>> > >>>> How is possible to use bash in root account ? > >>> > >>> Do not change the shell of the root account. If you have /usr or > >>> /usr/local on a separate partition, and you cannot mount for some > >>> reason, you wont be able to fix that, without booting from > >>> another device. > >> > >> No, but you'll still be able to use /bin/sh when going single user, so > >> what's the big deal? > > > > Using a shell not contained in the root filesystem can cause > > problems even when not in single user mode. There are enough > > examples in the archives. > > This is a particularly tenacious rumour. I've been using bash as my > root shell on many different UNIX platforms for nearly 14 years, and > I've never had any problems. I've also never seen any substantiated > problems reported anywhere.
There was actually an actual problem with having bash as root shell reported on this very list about a week ago. See http://docs.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?41C0CC10.4020109 and http://docs.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20041216001329.GA37679 for the conclusion of the thread. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
