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Re: root's shell
Amos Shapira <amos@gezernet.co.il> writes:
> |>
> |> well, it seems like in Linux it's actually safer to use tcsh then!
> |>
> |
> |What do you mean by safer? They are both bad. :) . The *GOOD* thing
>
> Why? (Taking the shared-libs issues aside).
>
It's exactly the shared libs issue. No matter how badly screwed your
system is, root should be able to login and run minimal administration
tools.
Actually, as a proposal for Linux(UNIX) distribution rules, I'd
suggest:
1. All administration (section 8) tools must be statically linked
2. There should be statically linked copies of most important
utilities (ls, rm, (b)ash, cat, vi, (s)ed, etc.) in /sbin
3. Root's shell MUST be statically compiled
--
-Alexander
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Alexander L. Belikoff belikoff@bfr.co.il
Berger Financial Research Ltd.
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