On 23/05/07, Sean Sprague <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dick,
> On 23/05/07, Sean Sprague <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Gerard,
>>
>> > How can I make BASH the root's default shell?
>>
>> This question has come up more times than possibly any other. The
>> answer is invariably (and correctly) "Don't do it!".
>
> What's the technical reason for that?
> Because all I've heard is
>
> a) it might break a script
> b) it means you are gay
>
> give a sensible reason or don't keep saying this.
Firstly, I don't like your tone.
I'm sorry if you got offended, but a technical reason isn't too much to ask for,
rather than just 'this is the correct answer' with no explanation.
We've just (hopefully) ended a week long row about the merits or otherwise
of Solaris/Linux and most of the debate has been personal preference dressed
up as received wisdom.
Also as an addendum, last time I checked, if your entry for root in /etc/passwd
was munged and the shell had become
unexecutable, from single-user mode Solaris would run up a /sbin/sh for you to
recover the situation from.
That's no longer true as I understand it (and was why i asked you for
a technical reason).
See
http://solaris.reys.net/english/2006/09/root_shell_in_solaris_10
All the best
Dick.
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