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

On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 9:35 AM John Baldwin <[email protected]> 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.)
>

I think this is also fine. I also think we should remove toor from the
default
password file for one fewer attack surfaces. I strongly prefer this. Users
that want toor can add it to their system and/or provisioning scripts.

Warner