On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 7:36 PM, Daniel Jackson <f...@mindspring.com> wrote: > On 09/24/2014 07:22 PM, Jim Popovitch wrote: >> That won't automatically invoke bash on Debian/Ubuntu....unless someone >> intentionally changed default shells.... > > People seem not to know that Debian and derivatives use a variant Almquist > shell rather than bash for system accounts.
You're both wrong. $ cat /etc/issue Debian GNU/Linux 7 \n \l $ ls -laF /bin/sh lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Nov 17 2011 /bin/sh -> bash* $ grep root /etc/passwd root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash If you installed Debian from scratch in the last couple of years you might have gotten a different system shell. Those of us who have been using Debian for a *long time* were asked once during one upgrade whether we wanted the upgrade to change our defaults and generally said no. Welcome to production fellas, where the bleeding edge latest thing isn't what's installed. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William Herrin ................ her...@dirtside.com b...@herrin.us Owner, Dirtside Systems ......... Web: <http://www.dirtside.com/> Can I solve your unusual networking challenges?
