Re: bash as login shell
From: Stuart J. Browne (stuart_at_promed.com.au)
Date: 02/24/04
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Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 08:38:31 +1100
"Bill Vermillion" <bv@wjv.comREMOVE> wrote in message
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> In article <403ad86d$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au>,
> Stuart J. Browne <stuart@promed.com.au> wrote:
> >
> >"David P. Lurie" <abc@def.net> wrote in message
> >news:103lgk7fpboc995@corp.supernews.com...
> >> 5.0.7 with all update and maintenance packs, security patches
> >>
> >> I would like to change the login shell to bash for both root and my
> >regular
> >> account, but no explicit choice for bash occurs in the drop down list
on
> >> Account Manager.
> >>
> >> A test user account was created, "/usr/bash" was entered manually for
> >login
> >> shell, "add shell environment files to home directory" was checked,
and
> >the
> >> account login seems to proceed normally to a functioning bash shell. I
> >had
> >> previously invoked bash from a command prompt.
> >>
> >> The dropdown list of shell choices includes /usr/bash for the new
user,
> >but
> >> not other users after selecting "change login shell" in Account
manager.
> >I
> >> assume that manual entry of "/usr/bash" and checking the shell
> >environment
> >> option would work for previous users as well.
> >>
> >> Is this approach likely to cause any problems?
>
> >For the root user, yes. The root user's shell is used for many
> >things other than just a user (you should have a user with lots
> >of privileges to do most admin anyway).
>
> >As most here will advise you, don't use bash as your default
> >root shell Invoke it manually, or from the root user's profile
> >instead.
>
> I recall seeing some weirdness in the past coming in to fix systems
> and found the root shell had been changed to csh.
>
> I've seen enough weirdness in bash that it's not good to put it in
> for root. That being said I've put in the ksh as root shell with
> no problems at all, and all the advantages. But that is just a
> data point of 1 person on several systems.
We use ksh for the root shell on all of our OSR boxes. Have been doing so
for many years without incident.
bkx
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