bruce@ACT.UUCP (Bruce Himebaugh) (10/12/90)
A while ago I posted an article asking people for help on why csh would not work as the shell for the root login. This article simply summarizes the responses I got. The original article I posted was something to this effect: At work we have a 386 system (used for accounting) running SCO Unix. I changed the shell for root (in the /etc/passwd file), from '/bin/sh' to '/bin/csh'. Boy did this cause problems. Everything works fine, until you reboot the system. While the system is coming up (e.g. starting cron, print services, etc.) it starts displaying the /etc/motd (i.e. message of the day) file. It also trashes the /etc/mnttab file and /etc/systemid file. Summary of responses: 1. It is a documented bug in SCO Unix Version 0. It is suppose to be fixed in a future release. 2. A couple people suggested making two root logins, like: root:*:0:0:Superuser:/:/bin/sh cshroot:*:0:0:Superuser:/:/bin/csh That really sums it up. Thank you for all the responses. Bruce -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bruce Himebaugh A.C.T. Consulting, Inc. Voice: 216-455-1444 PATHS: uunet!{ncoast,aablue}!fmsystm!mrsmouse!bmhalh!ACT!bruce (NOTE: the system name "fmsystm" is with no "e", NOT "fmsystem") *NOTE*: Please do not use bruce@ACT.UUCP -- I'm not registered yet.