Re: Changing user login shell to new bash release

[Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev]

the concern is ./script with #!/bin/bash wont usr/local

On Wed, Oct 13, 2021, 06:18 Kerin Millar <kfm@plushkava.net> wrote:

> On Wed, 13 Oct 2021 05:33:55 +0200
> Khan Smith <khansmith@mail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 at 3:10 AM
> > From: "Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev" <fxmbsw7@gmail.com>
> > To: "Khan Smith" <khansmith@mail.com>
> > Cc: "Kerin Millar" <kfm@plushkava.net>, "help-bash" <help-bash@gnu.org>
> > Subject: Re: Changing user login shell to new bash release
> > i was asking recently the same
> > chet said its a valid way, but yet i couldnt manage it i think, to make
> it
> > work not sure
> > you just need to copy the bash binary, i mean would be enuff
> >
> >
> > Would be beneficial if Chet could give his point of view, because
> currently I favour
> > adding /usr/local/bin/bash to the /etc/shells followed by "chsh -s
> /usr/local/bin/bash".
> >
> > I am hesitant in case I do even worse than you.
>
> That is the correct way of designating your login shell. As you have
> wisely elected not to modify the login shell for the root account, I don't
> see any particular concern here, as long as you're able to log in directly
> as root or as some other user that is then able to elevate to being root
> (just in case you somehow break your local copy of bash in the future).
> Also, some graphical terminal emulators allow for the path to the shell to
> be explicitly defined within their preferences.
>
> --
> Kerin Millar
>