Re: ash vs. bash

[Fabien Tassin <fta@oleane.net>]

According to Marco d'Itri:
> 
>  >(*) with /bin/sh -> bash, there's no way to obtain a shell if you lose /lib.
> You will need at least /bin/login too.

not in single user mode where you only need /sbin/sulogin.

$ file /sbin/sulogin
/sbin/sulogin: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped
$ ldd /sbin/sulogin
        libcrypt.so.1 => /lib/libcrypt.so.1 (0x40006000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x40033000)
        /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x2aaaa000)

ouch ! (oh yes, the latest sysvinit upgrade). Next time I will rename mine
sulogin-static :)

> But you could just do that:
> 
> root:x:0:0:Root of all evils:/home/root:/bin/bash
> toor:x:0:0:Emergency BOFH:/home/root:/bin/sash

I'm using :

root:x:0:0:Root:/home/root:/sbin/sh

my /sbin/sh is a static shell (extracted from FreeBSD). I don't like sash
because a) it's a melange of sh and csh and b) it has only a 1 line prompt.

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Fabien Tassin -+- fta@oleane.net