Re: bash as a login shell (was Root users shell == no existantshell /bin/bash)

From: Marc Spitzer (mspitze1_at_optonline.net)
Date: 07/10/04

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    Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 20:41:57 -0400
To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org

    On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 14:22:46 -0700
    Daniel Brown <djb@unixan.com> wrote:

    > When you prefer to use a shell every single time, then having to type
    > 'bash' is an unnecessary bother every time. This is more so when you
    > work in a group of admins -- some people are less tolerant of manually
    > entering a different shell than others.
    >
    > To be honest, also, it's not always very obvious which shell you log
    > into at first. Just going to the right shell in the first place
    > removes the confusion.

    ok, but when was bash declared the right shell for the job?

    marc
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