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Re: zsh as root login
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- From: Marc Baudoin <Marc.Baudoin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Tim Writer <Tim.Writer@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: zsh as root login
- Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 09:15:34 +0200
- Cc: Bruce Stephens <B.Stephens@xxxxxxxxx>, zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- In-reply-to: <m3iuwrw6v8.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; from Tim Writer on Wed, Aug 27, 1997 at 07:20:27PM -0400
- References: <199708271045.GAA27847@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <m3iuwrw6v8.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tim Writer <Tim.Writer@xxxxxxxxxx> écrit :
>
> Agreed. But I'm curious as to why you (Marc Baudoin) even want zsh
> statically linked.
Just to be able to log in as root while my computer in booted
single user, as only / is mounted and root's shell is zsh.
> I prefer to keep root dead simple, using /bin/sh without evan a
> .profile.
Why? When you're logged as root, you also use ed instead of vi
to keep it simple? :-)
As I manage a lot of machines remotely, I like to have a good
shell for root (who still uses sh without beeing bothered?) and I
don't want to have many uid 0 accounts. So root's shell is zsh
and it needs to be static so I can log in where I'm in front of
the computer and it's booted single user.
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Marc Baudoin -=- <Marc.Baudoin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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