On Fri, 5 Oct 2007 20:09:46 -0400 Jerry McAllister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 06, 2007 at 12:32:22AM +0100, RW wrote: > > > On Fri, 5 Oct 2007 16:29:36 -0700 (PDT) > > Philip Hallstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On 06/10/2007, at 5:45 AM, RW wrote: > > > > > > > >> On Sat, 6 Oct 2007 04:54:26 +1000 > > > >> Jerahmy Pocott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> > > > >>> Hello, > > > >>> > > > >>> I'm wanting to use BASH as my root shell, so I compiled a > > > >>> statically linked > > > >> > > > >> I would suggest using bash as your toor shell instead. toor > > > >> exist precisely for this purpose. > > > > > > > > Yeah, I'v done that in the past, but I really dislike csh, I > > > > don't want to use > > > > it EVER =p > > > > I don't understand, why would you see csh if you login as toor > > It has no shell in the /etc/passwd entry by default. > Maybe it then defaults to csh (which is really tcsh) if nothing > else is given. It defaults to sh > Anyway, I prefer tcsh, but if the OP just has to have it bash, > it is easy to do. I actually value my ignorance of tcsh, it prevents me doing anything ambitious if I forget where I am. Explicitly selecting another shell is like a safety-catch. And tsch is fairly friendly without knowing much about it. > All the OP has to do is install bash from /usr/ports/shells/bash and > then edit /etc/passwd to change the last field for toor - after the > last colon - to point to where it installs bash (/usr/local/bin/bash > maybe) and then it should all be fine. Yes , that's what it's for. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"