Re: [HEADSUP] making /bin/sh the default shell for root

Shawn Webb <[email protected]> Wed, 22 Sep 2021 11:42:22 -0400

Newsgroups	gmane.os.freebsd.architechture
Message-ID	<20210922154222.6bvnqk4kjjxewy6n@mutt-hbsd>

On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 08:34:58AM -0700, John Baldwin wrote:
> On 9/22/21 1:36 AM, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > TL;DR: this is not a proposal to deorbit csh from base!!!
> > 
> > For years now, csh is the default root shell for FreeBSD, csh can be confusing
> > as a default shell for many as all other unix like settled on a bourne shell
> > compatible interactive shell: zsh, bash, or variant of ksh.
> > 
> > Recently our sh(1) has receive update to make it more user friendly in
> > interactive mode:
> > * command completion (thanks pstef@)
> > * improvement in the emacs mode, to make it behave by default like other shells
> > * improvement in the vi mode (in particular the vi edit to respect $EDITOR)
> > * support for history as described by POSIX.
> > 
> > This makes it a usable shell by default, which is why I would like to propose to
> > make it the default shell for root starting FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE (not MFCed)
> > 
> > If no strong arguments has been raised until October 15th, I will make this
> > proposal happen.
> > 
> > Again just in case: THIS IS NOT A PROPOSAL TO REMOVE CSH FROM BASE!
> 
> I think this is fine.  I would also be fine with either removing 'toor' from the
> default password file or just leaving it as-is for POLA.  (I would probably
> prefer removing it outright.)

HardenedBSD recently removed toor. No one has complained (yet?). A
small Twitter poll[0] showed that 85% of people who responded do not
use toor.

[0]: https://twitter.com/HardenedBSD/status/1415781911063056389

Thanks,

-- 
Shawn Webb
Cofounder / Security Engineer
HardenedBSD

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