Attachment 147979 Details for Bug 193892 – Default shell for users is sh(1), not tcsh(1).

[patch] Default shell for users is sh(1), not tcsh(1).

linux-users-shell.patch (text/plain), 2.49 KB, created by Anthony Perkins on 2014-10-04 19:06:34 UTC

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Creator: Anthony Perkins

Created: 2014-10-04 19:06:34 UTC

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>Index: article.xml
>===================================================================
>--- article.xml	(revision 45714)
>+++ article.xml	(working copy)
>@@ -54,13 +54,20 @@
> 
>     <para>&linux; users are often surprised to find that
>       <application>Bash</application> is not the default shell in
>-      &os;.  In fact, <application>Bash</application> is not even in
>-      the default installation.  Instead, &os; uses &man.tcsh.1; as
>-      the default shell.  However, <application>Bash</application> and
>-      other shells are available for installation using the &os; <link
>-	xlink:href="&url.base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html">Packages
>-	and Ports Collection</link>.</para>
>+      &os;.  In fact, <application>Bash</application> is not even
>+      in the default installation.  Instead, &os; uses &man.tcsh.1;
>+      as the default root shell, and the <application>Bourne
>+      shell</application>-compatible &man.sh.1; as the default user
>+      shell.  &man.sh.1; is very similar to <application>Bash</application>
>+      but with a much smaller feature-set.  Generally shell scripts
>+      written for &man.sh.1; will run in <application>Bash</application>,
>+      but the reverse is not always true.</para>
> 
>+    <para>However, <application>Bash</application> and other shells
>+      are available for installation using the &os; <link
>+      xlink:href="&url.base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html">Packages
>+      and Ports Collection</link>.</para>
>+
>     <para>After installing another shell, use &man.chsh.1; to change
>       a user's default shell.  It is recommended that the
>       <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user's default
>@@ -130,7 +137,7 @@
> 	equivalents of <filename>.deb</filename> files on
> 	Debian/Ubuntu based systems and <filename>.rpm</filename>
> 	files on Red&nbsp;Hat/Fedora based systems.  Packages are
>-	installed using <application>pkg</application>.  For example,
>+	installed using <command>pkg</command>.  For example,
> 	the following command installs
> 	<application>Apache 2.4</application>:</para>
> 
>@@ -247,7 +254,7 @@
>       rebooting the system:</para>
> 
>     <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>service <replaceable>sshd</replaceable> start</userinput>
>-&prompt.root; <userinput>service apache24 start</userinput></screen>
>+&prompt.root; <userinput>service <replaceable>apache24</replaceable> start</userinput></screen>
> 
>     <para>If a service has not been enabled, it can be started from
>       the command line using <option>onestart</option>:</para>

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