Subject: Re: Changing root's shell to /bin/sh
To: Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ottawa.on.ca>
From: Soren S. Jorvang <soren@t.dk>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 03/18/1999 15:36:18
On Wed, Mar 17, 1999 at 09:09:52PM -0600, Michael Richardson wrote:
> Soren> be to have init make a relaxed attempt at finding root's
> Soren> shell from /etc/passwd and offer that when booting in
> Soren> single-user mode?
>
> Init *ASKS* what shell you want in single user mode.
Yes, I am proposing changing the default it offers.
> If anything, I'd like it to make sure to start the shell as a login
> shell, possibly with HOME=/root if that directory exists. I don't
> think this happens right now.
Sounds interesting.
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Soren