On Fri, Dec 05, 2008 at 08:32:47AM +0100, G??bri M??t?? wrote:
> 2008/11/30 Nick Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > farhan ahmed wrote:
> > > Question is how can you make shell statically linked? I thought when you
> > > install package it should be linked rather than manual compiling and
> > > installing
> >
> > I think that is best left as an exercise for the asker.
> >
> > Here's what it boils down to:
> > There is nothing wrong with a properly implemented 'bash' or any
> > other shell for root. Hint: when the system comes up single user
> > mode, it will ASK you what shell to use. The statically compiled
> > part isn't even critical in OpenBSD, unless you are intent on
> > running bash in single-user mode before all partitions are mounted.
> >
> > The problem is when you break things, you break 'em BIG. Original
> > thread is a case in point. You win awards for courage, not wisdom,
> > for still being intent on using bash as the root shell while you are
> > still walking with a limp from your last experience.
> >
> > There's a lot of stuff that can go wrong when changing a user's
> > default shell over the lifecycles of the system (think upgrades!),
> > virtually all operator error, all avoidable, but errors that can
> > happen tend to happen. When you break JoeAverage's account, no big
> > deal, as long as you can get back as root and fix it. When you
> > break root, you have a problem. Yes, the goal is to do everything
> > right, but another goal is to make it more difficult to do things
> > wrong.
> >
> > If you don't know how to do it right, test it right, and recover it
> > right, don't change the root shell. I realize how it is such finger
> > breaking work to type the five keystrokes "b a s h [enter]" at a
> > command prompt after logging in...so horrible, I know, but until you
> > know what you are doing, just manually invoke bash.
> >
> > You will know you know what you are doing when you realize you don't
> > need or want to use bash on OpenBSD. The only good reason I've
> > found to use bash on OpenBSD is to make it feel like some other OS,
> > and that's really not a good thing when you are administering the
> > system (i.e., logging in as root!).
> >
> > ksh rocks on OpenBSD. :)
> >
> > Nick.
> >
> > At first i've also used bash because i missed the comfortable options
> shipped default with the bash based other system. But after some time i
> learned to handle ksh and i like it better than bash now.
> Just add a few options to /etc/profile and it's like at home again.
>
> export HISTFILE=~/.sh_history
> export HISTSIZE=100000
>
> export PS1='[EMAIL PROTECTED] \w \$ '
>
> Any suggestions? :)
>
I would add set -o vi if you use vi as a command line editor
