[geeks] Thoughts on bash for root

[Mike Meredith]

On Sunday 21 April 2002 06:41, Scott Howard wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 01:19:57AM -0400, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> > On Solaris, is it safe to change root to use bash?  How would you
> > do it any way, since usermod won't work for logged in users.
>
> I spy a religious war coming here...

It normally comes when someone asks that question.

My stock answer is that if you need to ask then it isn't safe to change
root's shell. I prefer to exec a decent shell if it is executable in
root's .profile, or more commonly on work systems, 'sudo zsh'.