From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 1537 invoked from network); 28 Aug 1997 02:03:19 -0000 Received: from math.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 28 Aug 1997 02:03:19 -0000 Received: (from list@localhost) by math.gatech.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) id VAA11944; Wed, 27 Aug 1997 21:59:44 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 21:59:21 -0400 (EDT) To: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu Subject: Re: zsh as root login References: <199708271045.GAA27847@math.gatech.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 7.106) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII From: Jason R Mastaler Date: 27 Aug 1997 19:58:59 -0600 In-Reply-To: Tim Writer's message of "27 Aug 1997 19:20:27 -0400" Message-ID: X-Mailer: Gnus v5.4.65/XEmacs 20.2 Resent-Message-ID: <"uW0p22.0.rv2.ujD1q"@math> Resent-From: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/991 X-Loop: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu Tim Writer writes: > Agreed. But I'm curious as to why you (Marc Baudoin) even want zsh > statically linked. I prefer to keep root dead simple, using /bin/sh without > evan a .profile. In an emergency, I can (almost) always login as root. For > day to day administration, I have a second root account (uid 0 but a > different login name) which has zsh and a full set of startup files as its > login shell. I agree. I use zsh, but my root stays /sbin/sh (solaris). When logged in as root, I can just invoke zsh on the command line if need be. Jason R. Mastaler jason@mastaler.com