On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 02:42:55PM -0400, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > > > > It sounds like you are using an account with /bin/sh as a shell > > > For example, unless you change it, root uses sh for a shell. > > > > > > ////jerry > > > > Root uses csh by default. > > Well, I'll be darned. It does now. >
Actually, root's shell has been set to csh(1) for as long as there has
been a FreeBSD:
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/etc/master.passwd?rev=1.1&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup
I think I've seen one of the elder gods mention that root's shell was
csh all the way back to 4.2-BSD.
Cheers,
Matthew
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