Newbieish Desktop Questions

[Kjell Midtseter]

On 10 Jul 2004 at 10:03, Kristian Holdich wrote:

> Speaking of root, i'm so used to Bash i'd like to switch to it for the
> root user - is there any gotchas with moving bash to /bin and updating
> /etc/shells to allow it?
>From my notes:
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Use FreeBSD's password file manipulation utility, vipw, to 
modify root's default shell. At a root prompt, type vipw. A copy 
of the /etc/passwd file will be displayed. Use standard vi 
editing commands to change root's default shell from /bin/csh 
(all of the way at the end of the first line) to 
/usr/local/bin/bash. While you're already editing the file, go 
ahead and change root's unofficial name 'Charlie &' to 'Super-
Nina' or any other name that envisions Superman, etc. When you 
get mail from root (e.g. from the cron jobs that run every 
night), it'll now be maked as coming from 'Super-Nina' and not 
'Charlie &'...just a little bit nicer. Save & exit. 
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GL from kjell