Jerry:
> On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:07:02 -0400 (EDT)
> Wietse Venema articulated:
>
> > > Using FreeBSD-8.2 with GNU bash, version 4.1.10(1)-release
> > > (amd64-portbld-freebsd8.2) as the default shell.
> > >
> > > echo -ne '\000username\000password' | openssl base64
> > > AHVzZXJuYW1lAHBhc3N3b3Jk
> >
> > This does not work with FreeBSD 8.2 /bin/sh. Of course, one can
> > replace /bin/sh by bash, but that does not make it the default
> > FreeBSD shell.
>
> You are absolutely correct Wietse. I was simply pointing out that the
> problem lies with the default shell used in FreeBSD and not FreeBSD
> itself. I might add that, that is one more reason that I never
> use /bin/sh anywhere if possible. IMHO, Bash is just far superior.
There is no problem with the FreeBSD shell. The problem is with
the newbies who believe all the world is LINUX.
Wietse
