Re: [HEADSUP] the default root shell is now /bin/sh
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2021 15:02:23 UTC
On 20/10/21 04:40, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > Hello, > > Following up on the proposal which happened last month, /bin/sh is now the > default shell for the root user. > > As claimed during that proposal, I have so far no intention to change anything > more: I won't remove or modify the 'toor' user, neither modify the root gecos. > > By popular demand on the thread about the proposal the following bindings have > been set by default: > > navigation through history "ala" csh via the up and down arrow > navigation on the command line via ctrl+arrow (left/right) jumps from words to > words > An alias on fc -l named "history", so the history command to exist. > > etcupdate will silently switch to sh(1) the first time, for people who wants to > keep root on csh, they will have to run: > $ chsh -s csh > > The next upgrade will keep that setting Will sh config be upgraded to reflect all recent changes as well or we need to do it manually? -- Renato Botelho