Gerard Nualla wrote:
I see... Let me try that TCSH too.. Gets more interesting... :D
Wanting to change root's shell implies that you are logging into Solaris as root instead of using su or RBAC. In general, on Solaris, logging in as root is seen as undesirable simply because it can lead to sloppy and/or dangerous behavior and actions. Better to login as yourself, with any shell you wish, and use su on those infrequent times that you need to admin the system. With that admonition aside (as with all free advice, it is worth exactly what you paid for it), there are still situations where you need to log in as root. It used to be that root's shell had to be /bin/sh so that, if your /usr partition got corrupted and you had to boot without it being mounted, you could still log in single user and fix things (/usr/bin/bash wouldn't be there in that case, and root logins would fail with a "no shell" error message - quite a bummer when you ran into it...) In S10/OpenSolaris, the system is smart enough to detect that failure case and fall back to /bin/sh if root's shell is not found, so it is perfectly safe to change root's shell to something else. -John _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
