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Re: zsh as root login



Tim Writer <Tim.Writer@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Agreed.  But I'm curious as to why you (Marc Baudoin) even want zsh
> statically linked.  I prefer to keep root dead simple, using /bin/sh without
> evan a .profile.  In an emergency, I can (almost) always login as root.  For
> day to day administration, I have a second root account (uid 0 but a
> different login name) which has zsh and a full set of startup files as its
> login shell.

I agree.  I use zsh, but my root stays /sbin/sh (solaris).  When
logged in as root, I can just invoke zsh on the command line if 
need be.

   Jason R. Mastaler                      jason@xxxxxxxxxxxx



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