On Thursday 19 October 2006 14:03, Martin McCormick wrote: > Is there any particular reason why FreeBSD has csh as the > default root shell? Nothing really wrong with it except that I > quit using csh about twelve years ago and so am a little rusty > about the finer details when I come across a csh shell. On a > number of FreeBSD4.x systems, I used chsh to change root's shell > after installing bash and the only thing I noticed was that one > should be careful of the $PATH variable and make sure it at least > hits all the same directories in the same order. Other than > that, it worked. > > On a recent upgrade to 5.4, I noticed the C shell is > still default so I figured I would ask before changing it so as > not to introduce hidden problems later. Basically, I like bash > better and also add a couple more paths such as /usr/local/etc > for home-grown applications.
There are problems with using a root shell that isn't entirely on the root partition. See the faq and search the list for details. There is an alternative uid 0 user called toor which you can use if you want to use bash as root. OTOH hand there is a school of thought that you shouldn't be too comfortable as root. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
