Re: Death to toor

From: Dag-Erling Smørgrav (des_at_des.no)
Date: 06/16/05

  • Next message: Sue Howard: "Kernel Dump" 
    To: obrien@freebsd.org
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 14:01:46 +0200

    "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> writes:
    > On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 04:55:52PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote:
    > > Also, note that according to the FAQ, toor exists for bash support [...]
    > The FAQ is wrong.
    >
    > 'toor' is in the earliest CSRG master.passwd in Kirk McKusick's SCCS
    > archive (5.1 bostic 25-Jan-88). Its original form was:
    > root::0:10:Charlie &:/:/bin/csh
    > toor::0:10:Bourne-again Superuser:/:

    "bourne-again" is precisely what the "ba" in "bash" means.

    As far as I can determine, bash dates back to at least 1987, so it is
    not at all unlikely that it was in widespread use at the CSRG in 1988.

    DES 

    -- 
Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des@des.no
_______________________________________________
freebsd-arch@freebsd.org mailing list
http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arch
To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arch-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
  • Next message: Sue Howard: "Kernel Dump"