Root shell

[Jerry McAllister]

On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 09:55:39AM -0800, new_guy wrote:

> 
> 
> RW-15 wrote:
> > 
> > On Sun, 1 Mar 2009 16:16:50 +0000
> > Frank Shute <frank at shute.org.uk> wrote:
> > 
> >> pdksh is statically linked and I don't know if bash is. 
> > 
> > It's a build option.
> > 
> > 
> 
> Seems root should have a static shell always... otherwise, all bets are off
> as some of the shared libs may be inaccessible or damaged. So long as bash
> is statically linked and properly located, there should not be an issue. But
> most folks (linux users) aren't aware of the implications of dynamic linking
> and such. So it's probably best to 'just say no' to the OP's question. Leave
> root's shell alone unless you know what you're doing and bash is built
> appropriately. 

Well put.

////jerry

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