Brandorr wrote on 09/ 6/07 10:20 AM:
> I turned the question into two separate questions:
>
> ===Q: Why doesn't /bin/sh point to bash?===
> A: Solaris uses the Bourne shell (/bin/sh) as the default system shell
> to satisfy backward compatibility with historic releases of Solaris.
> There is work being planned to replace the Bourne shell with a generic
> POSIX compliant shell. Whether that is an updated bash running in
> POSIX compatibility mode, or another shell such as ksh93 is still an
> open question. Either option require additional coding resources to
> implement.
>
> ===Q: Why isn't bash the default system shell?===
> A: There is a consensus building to use a modern/user-friendly default
> system shell, such as bash or ksh93, but the integration and
> compatibility changes required have yet to be done.
Sorry if this is nit-picky, but what does "default system shell" mean?
If you mean the default for useradd (etc.), the word "system" is
probably throwing me off. Maybe "default user shell" would be better?
~Iain
> Is everyone happy with the remainder of the FAQ?
>
> -Brian
>
> On 9/5/07, Roland Mainz <roland.mainz at nrubsig.org> wrote:
>> William Pursell wrote:
>>> On 8/31/07, Richard Elling <Richard.Elling at sun.com> wrote:
>>>> minor corrections below...
>>>> Robert Neville wrote:
>>>>> On 8/31/07, Roland Mainz <roland.mainz at nrubsig.org> wrote:
>> [snip]
>>>>> satisfy backward compatibility to historic releases of Solaris but
>>>>> will switch to ksh93 as soon as possible during project Indiana.
>>>>> A2: The default user shell may be selected using useradd or usermod,
>>>>> recommended is ksh93. It is more standards compliant, has all of the
>>>>> features you love about bash, and more. It also happens to be the best
>>>>> scripting shell available.
>>>> useradd defaults to no shell entry which in turn causes login to use the
>>>> default system shell. The Users and Groups applet defaults to /bin/bash.
>>> Why does the applet default to /bin/bash on Solaris?
>> ksh93 was only putback recently (e.g. B72) and the matching Gnome applet
>> was originally written for Linux...
>>
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>> Roland
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