[2918] in RedHat Linux List
Re: RedHat 4.0; misc ideas
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Trond Eivind Glomsrød)
Wed Nov 6 02:58:33 1996
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Reply-To: teg@stud.imf.unit.no
From: teg@stud.imf.unit.no (Trond Eivind Glomsrød)
Date: 06 Nov 1996 08:43:11 +0100
In-Reply-To: Borg's message of Tue, 05 Nov 1996 16:15:30 -0800
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Borg <vladimip@iceonline.com> writes:
> To change your personal information, you should use
> "chnf" command. If you don't like bash, just type
> "tcsh" on your bash prompt. :)
Yuck.
> It's so easy to do it without contro panel and if yout want to
>change global system settings, such as your default shell in
>/etc/passwd, why not "su" and type "control-panel"?
1. It wouldn't work (you won't have a proper display)
2. It's much easier to change it with "chsh", which can be run by
everybody.
And you don't need a su- you could restrict running privileges to
group "wheel", make it setuid and include the persons who should be
able to run it in "wheel".
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the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.
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