On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Daniel Lannstrom <o...@trekdanne.se> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 11:11:56AM -0500, Glen Barber wrote: >> This explains one of the reasons not to change root's shell: >> >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/faq/security.html#TOOR-ACCOUNT > > Yes that's exactly what I meant. Is there any other reason except for > that? As I see it that problem can easily be solved by copying bash to > the root file system. Also many systems today have the root and /usr > on the same file system.
You'd have to also copy more than just the binary file. It's more complex than that, and generally is a Bad Idea(tm). -- Glen Barber _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
