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Just don't change root's shell to something like bash. BAD THINGS WILL HAPPEN.

• wtracy 12y ago
  Care to elaborate? Does FreeBSD make assumptions about the root user's shell that Linux doesn't?
  • chrismsnz 12y ago
    Yes, root's shell should be one provided by the distribution's base install. I think the biggest worry is that if you need to do something like boot into single user mode for an emergency recovery, and /usr or /usr/local (with root's shell in it) is on a different or unmountable partition then you will not be able to do anything.
    • knob 12y ago
      Additionally, if you upgrade your shell, or something gets borked, then... you now don't have a shell.
      • allanjude 12y ago
        This is one of the reasons for the existence of the 'toor' user, which still uses the default shell
  • kchoudhu 12y ago
    Say there's a failure that forces you to bail into an emergency session where you can't mount /usr/local (which is where bash is typically installed on FreeBSD). All of a sudden, you don't have a shell. This is a really bad place to be.