I turned the question into two separate questions: ===Q: Why doesn't /bin/sh point to bash?=== A: Solaris uses the Bourne shell (/bin/sh) as the default system shell to satisfy backward compatibility with historic releases of Solaris. There is work being planned to replace the Bourne shell with a generic POSIX compliant shell. Whether that is an updated bash running in POSIX compatibility mode, or another shell such as ksh93 is still an open question. Either option require additional coding resources to implement.
===Q: Why isn't bash the default system shell?=== A: There is a consensus building to use a modern/user-friendly default system shell, such as bash or ksh93, but the integration and compatibility changes required have yet to be done. Is everyone happy with the remainder of the FAQ? -Brian On 9/5/07, Roland Mainz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > William Pursell wrote: > > On 8/31/07, Richard Elling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > minor corrections below... > > > Robert Neville wrote: > > > > On 8/31/07, Roland Mainz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [snip] > > > > satisfy backward compatibility to historic releases of Solaris but > > > > will switch to ksh93 as soon as possible during project Indiana. > > > > A2: The default user shell may be selected using useradd or usermod, > > > > recommended is ksh93. It is more standards compliant, has all of the > > > > features you love about bash, and more. It also happens to be the best > > > > scripting shell available. > > > > > > useradd defaults to no shell entry which in turn causes login to use the > > > default system shell. The Users and Groups applet defaults to /bin/bash. > > > > Why does the applet default to /bin/bash on Solaris? > > ksh93 was only putback recently (e.g. B72) and the matching Gnome applet > was originally written for Linux... > > ---- > > Bye, > Roland > > -- > __ . . __ > (o.\ \/ /.o) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > \__\/\/__/ MPEG specialist, C&&JAVA&&Sun&&Unix programmer > /O /==\ O\ TEL +49 641 7950090 > (;O/ \/ \O;) > _______________________________________________ > docs-discuss mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- - Brian Gupta http://opensolaris.org/os/project/nycosug/ _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
