Subject: Re: CVS commit: src
To: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
From: Bill Studenmund <skippy@macro.Stanford.EDU>
List: current-users
Date: 03/15/1999 17:07:42
On 15 Mar 1999, Perry E. Metzger wrote:

> Bill Studenmund <skippy@macro.Stanford.EDU> writes:
> > (I personally find both sh & csh repulsive but found csh less repulsive as
> > a root shell, and also liked having toor around).
> 
> Well, you can change the shell for root with a 30 second edit...

So why is my 30 seconds worth less than yours? :-) With root being
/bin/csh, you could change the root shell with a 30 second edit, couldn't
you? :-)

As shells are items with strong personal preferences, I think we should
continue to provide both. We should also fix /etc/security so it doesn't
bitch about this too - something around line 93:

	< $MPBYUID uniq -d -f 1 | awk '{ print $2 }' > $TMP2
	if [ -s $TMP2 ] ; then
		printf "\n$MP has duplicate user id's.\n"
		while read uid; do
			grep -w $uid $MPBYUID
		done < $TMP2 | column
	fi

I think we just need something to rip toor out of the generation of $TMP2,

like:

	< $MPBYUID grep -v toor |uniq -d -f 1 | awk '{ print $2 }' > $TMP2

That way you still catch duplicate root accounts.

With this change & restoring toor, sh lovers, csh lovers, and new users
all win. Both shells are available, and the default install doesn't
generate security warnings.

Take care,

Bill