[Gllug] A lesson in root

[Nix]

On Tue, 23 Jul 2002, Harry Jackson mused:
> Never never type the following as root unless you have a linuxcare or
> bootable floppy etc nearby. Or you have another user that can modify
> the /etc/passwd file.
> 
> $>chsh -s bash root

Whyever not?

I guess this is a distro-specific thing and your bash is linked against
something not to be found in /?

(If so, been there, done that, boot floppy was 300 miles away. Most
annoying.)

libreadline and libncurses and friends now live in /lib on my systems :)

> Please note I was pleased I did not have any that I could exploit but
> it would have saved me getting out of my chair.

I bloody wish I'd had some. It would have saved me a rather long
journey.

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                                        -- 1i, personal communication

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