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Re: /var filled up and can't login locally or remotely
From: Hannah Schroeter (hannah
schlund.de)
Date: Wed May 10 2006 - 09:25:07 CDT
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Hi!
On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 04:17:11PM +0200, Marian Hettwer wrote:
>[...]
>> Changing the root shell doesn't hurt. But you have to install your shell
>There is absolutely no reason to change root's shell.
>There is even no reason at all to work as root.
>Use sudo, or even su -m, or execute bash after you became root.
>Even if you use the bash-static package, bash gets installed into
>/usr/local/bin (IIRC) and you may not have /usr while being in single
>user mode.
The latter should not really be a problem. init prompts for the shell
to execute anyway if you boot into single user, so you can say /bin/ksh
then even if root's shell were changed.
However that point of mine isn't meant to imply that it were a good idea
or "necessary" to change root's shell.
sudo works just fine.
>[...]
Kind regards,
Hannah.
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