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From: Christian Neukirchen <chneuk...@gmail.com>
To: Stefan =?utf-8?Q?M=C3=BChlinghaus?= <master...@googlemail.com>
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Subject: Re: how to enable .bash_history in Voidlinux
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Stefan M=C3=BChlinghaus <master...@googlemail.com> writes:

> You can edit /etc/passwd and change roots default shell from /bin/sh to=
=20
> /bin/bash if you want to make the change permanent. For a one-time change=
=20
> you can always just switch the shell by running "exec bash".

Just use chsh(1).

> I personally prefer the second option because that way shell scripts run =
as=20
> root will run under dash which is more restricted by simply having fewer=
=20
> features than bash and thus is somewhat more secure.

This is not true, since almost all shell scripts have a shebang line
of #!/bin/sh (or #!/bin/bash) which is unrelated to the set shell.
(It would indeed make a difference when no shebang is used.)

--=20
Christian Neukirchen  <chneuk...@gmail.com>  http://chneukirchen.org