Nice. All this for a guy who apparently does not even know how to admin a unix system (developer?).
I can see application developers flying over in droves. --- "Richard L. Hamilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- Gerard Nualla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > How can I make BASH the root's default shell? > > > > you are new to unix are you? > > Actually, as of Solaris 10 or later, it should be > harmless, if in > excruciatingly bad taste, not to mention dumb > (shouldn't be > spending enough time as root for preferences to > matter, but > if there's more than one admin, root's shell should > probably be > the least common denominator). > > The out-of-the-box default shell is /sbin/sh. Prior > to Solaris 10, > it was statically linked. As of Solaris 10, it's > dynamically linked, but > only to files in /lib. So is bash, but it's in > /usr/bin. If /usr is a separate > filesystem, one would have to put a copy under / > (probably as /sbin/bash). > Then one could either edit /etc/passwd (if > applicable) or use > passwd -e > (and answer the prompts) to change root's shell to > the new one. > > Possible, and probably not actually dangerous. But > like I said, at least > dumb if there's more than one person that might be > administering the > system. > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
