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From: engbert@cs.vu.nl (Engbert Gerrit IJff)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: Can root have /bin/csh as login shell
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Date: 1 Nov 90 14:29:13 GMT
References: <1990Oct31.191431.9522@ioe.lon.ac.uk> <133@.msinc.msi.com>
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In article <133@.msinc.msi.com>,
	peter@msinc.msi.com (Peter Blemel) writes:
) 
) Having /bin/csh as the login shell can be painful if you're not careful. I
) currently have it as the login shell, but I know better. I re-installed the
) os and then restored the passwd file before installing the lpp with csh on it.
) I logged out, figuring I'd finish it in the morning. Big mistake. You can't
) login when the shell is not there. I had to go into maintenence mode to fix
) it.
) 
) Peter

Well, in the future you could avoid this problem by
ln /bin/sh /bin/csh
if you would like to logout and finish installation
at a later time, couldn't you?

Bert