Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!deccrl!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!mcsun!ukc!warwick!cudcv From: cudcv@warwick.ac.uk (Rob McMahon) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell Subject: Re: tcsh for root -- ok or not? Message-ID: <2C-_|4+@warwick.ac.uk> Date: 11 Apr 91 14:47:09 GMT References: <1991Apr8.033015.14768@athena.mit.edu> Sender: news@warwick.ac.uk (Network news) Distribution: comp.unix.shell Organization: Computing Services, Warwick University, UK Lines: 15 Nntp-Posting-Host: shark In article moore@srl.mew.mei.co.jp (W. Phillip Moore) writes: >That and make sure the binary is local, not accessed by NFS. I'd also add to make sure it's statically linked. If you goof and mess up the shared library stuff (e.g. by doing ldconfig /non/existent/directory ...) you might appreciate still being able to get a root shell ... Cheers, Rob -- UUCP: ...!mcsun!ukc!warwick!cudcv PHONE: +44 203 523037 JANET: cudcv@uk.ac.warwick INET: cudcv@warwick.ac.uk Rob McMahon, Computing Services, Warwick University, Coventry CV4 7AL, England