Hi Michael,
    Changing the root shell is not a big deal. Just remember to add the
shell you want to use to the /etc/shells file.

A

> -----Original Message-----
> From: netbsd-help-owner@NetBSD.org 
> [mailto:netbsd-help-owner@NetBSD.org] On Behalf Of Michael D. Spence
> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 6:35 PM
> To: netbsd-help@netbsd.org
> Subject: RE: Wanted a better console
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: netbsd-help-owner@NetBSD.org 
> > [mailto:netbsd-help-owner@NetBSD.org]On Behalf Of Gilbert Fernandes
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 8:39 PM
> > To: Karim Belbachir
> > Cc: Gilbert FERNANDES; Subhro; netbsd-help@netbsd.org
> > Subject: Re: Wanted a better console
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 03:24:20PM +0100, Karim Belbachir wrote:
> > 
> > > You can also make ksh behave like the emacs mode of bash,
> > that is, using
> > > TAB for both command and file completion, by writing those lines:
> > > 
> > > set -o emacs
> > > bind '^I'=complete
> > > bind '^I'=complete-list
> > > 
> > > Be careful to write the bind commands in the that order 
> else it does 
> > > not work.
> > 
> > Thanks for the tip, I didn't knew =)
> 
> The default NetBSD shell seems to be csh.
> 
> 1) Is there a way to do the emacs mode thing with csh, and
> 2) What would happen if I changed the root shell?  I'm 
> reluctant to do this lest I break something.
>