On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 9:35 AM John Baldwin <j...@freebsd.org> wrote:
> On 9/22/21 1:36 AM, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > > Hello, > > > > TL;DR: this is not a proposal to deorbit csh from base!!! > > > > For years now, csh is the default root shell for FreeBSD, csh can be > confusing > > as a default shell for many as all other unix like settled on a bourne > shell > > compatible interactive shell: zsh, bash, or variant of ksh. > > > > Recently our sh(1) has receive update to make it more user friendly in > > interactive mode: > > * command completion (thanks pstef@) > > * improvement in the emacs mode, to make it behave by default like other > shells > > * improvement in the vi mode (in particular the vi edit to respect > $EDITOR) > > * support for history as described by POSIX. > > > > This makes it a usable shell by default, which is why I would like to > propose to > > make it the default shell for root starting FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE (not > MFCed) > > > > If no strong arguments has been raised until October 15th, I will make > this > > proposal happen. > > > > Again just in case: THIS IS NOT A PROPOSAL TO REMOVE CSH FROM BASE! > > I think this is fine. I would also be fine with either removing 'toor' > from the > default password file or just leaving it as-is for POLA. (I would probably > prefer removing it outright.) > I think this is also fine. I also think we should remove toor from the default password file for one fewer attack surfaces. I strongly prefer this. Users that want toor can add it to their system and/or provisioning scripts. Warner
