Subject: Re: changing root shell hell
To: None <Netbsd-help@NetBSD.org>
From: Rasputin <rasputnik@hellooperator.net>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 12/29/2003 16:19:03
* Chuck Yerkes <chuck+nbsd@2003.snew.com> [1210 20:10]:
> Jeremy had the answer, but the overall rule is:
> don't change root's shell.
> 
> 1) I tend to run "sudo zsh"  on machines I want root on.
> 2) the big danger is that your new shell is 
>    a) not on the root partition
>    b) can't get to any shared libraries it needs.

I find that sh makes fat fingering commands more likely,
so I install pkgsrc/shells/static-bash and copy it to /bin.
 
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