Bug 252780

Summary: tcsh(1) is not the default shell for root
Product: Documentation Reporter: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin>
Component: Books & ArticlesAssignee: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp>
Status: Closed Not A Bug    
Severity: Affects Only Me CC: 0mp
Priority: ---    
Version: Latest   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   
URL: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/linux-users/shells.html
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root using /bin/csh by default in FreeBSD-provided FreeBSD-12.2-RELEASE-amd64.vhd none

Description Graham Perrin freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2021-01-17 14:31:03 UTC 
Created attachment 221675 [details]
root using /bin/csh by default in FreeBSD-provided FreeBSD-12.2-RELEASE-amd64.vhd

Outdated, as far as I can tell (from the attached screenshot): 

> … FreeBSD uses tcsh(1) as the default root shell, …

Ideally <https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/shells.html> should make clear that csh(1) is the default.
Comment 1 Mateusz Piotrowski freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2021-01-17 16:17:03 UTC 
Hmmm, csh and tcsh is the same thing on FreeBSD AFAIK. The difference is purely historical at this point.

I'm closing this ticket for now as I see no way proceed.