Comments on: Solaris 10 Root Shell Recovery http://northstarlabs.net/2009/04/03/solaris-10-root-shell-recovery/ System Administration hacks and howto articles. Sat, 05 Jun 2010 04:24:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: jmccune http://northstarlabs.net/2009/04/03/solaris-10-root-shell-recovery/comment-page-1/#comment-469 jmccune Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:19:16 +0000 http://northstarlabs.net/?p=140#comment-469 @Brent Thank you for this suggestion. I haven't run into this method while researching the root shell in Solaris 10, is this a common solution or a best practice as far as you know? Thanks for contributing, -Jeff @Brent

Thank you for this suggestion. I haven’t run into this method while researching the root shell in Solaris 10, is this a common solution or a best practice as far as you know?

Thanks for contributing,
-Jeff

]]> By: Brent http://northstarlabs.net/2009/04/03/solaris-10-root-shell-recovery/comment-page-1/#comment-466 Brent Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:06:01 +0000 http://northstarlabs.net/?p=140#comment-466 Instead of changing the shell, why not just add a line to ~root/.profile: exec /usr/bin/bash If something happens to bash, you'll just get a 'command not found' error. Cheers, Brent Instead of changing the shell, why not just add a line to ~root/.profile:

exec /usr/bin/bash

If something happens to bash, you’ll just get a ‘command not found’ error.

Cheers,
Brent

]]> By: jmccune http://northstarlabs.net/2009/04/03/solaris-10-root-shell-recovery/comment-page-1/#comment-465 jmccune Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:19:05 +0000 http://northstarlabs.net/?p=140#comment-465 Changing root's shell on a solaris machine has never bitten me personally, although I've never been responsible for anything other than Solaris 10 machines. I have heard first hand accounts regarding the prudence of this recommendation. Evidently with Solaris 5.9 and earlier, changing the shell might prevent single user mode from working if the shell's linked libraries aren't accessible. Changing root’s shell on a solaris machine has never bitten me personally, although I’ve never been responsible for anything other than Solaris 10 machines. I have heard first hand accounts regarding the prudence of this recommendation.

Evidently with Solaris 5.9 and earlier, changing the shell might prevent single user mode from working if the shell’s linked libraries aren’t accessible.

]]> By: acdha http://northstarlabs.net/2009/04/03/solaris-10-root-shell-recovery/comment-page-1/#comment-464 acdha Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:27:27 +0000 http://northstarlabs.net/?p=140#comment-464 How often has the traditional shell recommendation actually been useful for you? I've run a fair number of Unix servers over the years and it's been at least a decade since I've had a system fail in such a way where a statically linked shell on the root partition could have prevented a reinstall. How often has the traditional shell recommendation actually been useful for you? I’ve run a fair number of Unix servers over the years and it’s been at least a decade since I’ve had a system fail in such a way where a statically linked shell on the root partition could have prevented a reinstall.

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