Re: Sysinst default root login shell

[Johnny Billquist <bqt%softjar.se@localhost>]

On 2012-04-09 20:04, Eric Haszlakiewicz wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 09, 2012 at 10:38:19AM -0400, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 09, 2012 at 07:25:57AM -0700, Jeff Rizzo wrote:
> > > In my opinion, it's time to change master.passwd.  /bin/csh is just no
> > > fun to work with as a default.  We did an end run around the problem
> > > with sysinst before, but that is now in conflict with a desire to have
> > > the ability to configure more stuff without imposing a huge series of
> > > questions upon the user.
> >
> > I agree.
>
> And almost all of the scripts in the system are implemented with /bin/sh,
> so having the default shell be something that can actually run (pieces of)
> those would be nice.

What does the selected shell of an account have to do with in which 
language a bunch of scripts are written in?

        Johnny

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