Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Monday 21 September 2009 02:11:51 walt wrote: > >> On 09/20/2009 02:51 PM, Dale wrote: >> >>> Alan McKinnon wrote: >>> >>>> The reason you don't see bash in ps is because you are not running bash. >>>> I do, but you obviously don't. What shell does root use per /etc/passwd? >>>> >>> This one: >>> >>> root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash >>> >>> Looks like bash. ;-) I assume this is the default because I have never >>> changed this file. Is there something screwy with my system? >>> >> In linux bash is the default shell (even sh is a symlink to bash) but in >> other OS's other default shells prevail. >> > > Correction: > > In *Gentoo* it is the default shell. A distro is free to choose whatever > default shell it feels like, as is any other OS. There are distros out there > that do not default to bash. > > You simply cannot make a blanket statement like "In linux bash is the default > shell" as it's simply not true. > > Let's be accurate when we make statements, OK? If devs wrote code like that > it > would not run, and if you typed commands with that level of slap-dashedness > they would frequently fail. > > >
So that is my problem. "slap-dashedness" ;-) LOL I always wondered why I could screw something up. Dale :-) :-) P. S. Read a LOT of humor in that.
