On Sunday, 8. May 2005 09:34, Wilko Bulte wrote: > On Sun, May 08, 2005 at 04:25:20AM +0200, Michael Nottebrock wrote.. > > > On Thursday, 5. May 2005 04:16, Charles Swiger wrote: > > > Data point: I've been running /bin/sh as root's shell on a bunch of > > > machines with zero issues since 4.0. > > > > You got lucky then, because there's some actual footshooting potential in > > doing that. Use toor. > > Interesting, I have been running /bin/sh since 1.0R (yes..) for root > and it never bit me. Where is that footshooting potential? Sorry, I just scanned the thread before replying - there's probably no footshooting potential in using /bin/sh for root. I was thinking about using (/usr/local/bin/)bash for root, something a lot of people try to do (until they notice a toe missing :). -- ,_, | Michael Nottebrock | lofi_at_freebsd.org (/^ ^\) | FreeBSD - The Power to Serve | http://www.freebsd.org \u/ | K Desktop Environment on FreeBSD | http://freebsd.kde.org
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