Re: Help! Can't recover!

[Greg Lindahl <lindahl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> [Yes, root uses tcsh- it makes things easier.  Is this a Bad Idea?]

That's novice sysadmin mistake #1 -- it's wrong. Create a different
uid=0 user if you want tcsh for root and are too lazy to type tcsh
after you log in.

In this case the problem is that your tcsh is linked against
/usr/lib/libcurses, which obviously can't be found. A shell usable by
root should only be linked against stuff that is always there at any
point in the boot process. On my 5.2 system, bash is only linked
against stuff in /lib, ditto for tcsh -- it uses termcap, which is in
/lib.

Even if you meet this standard, there are other gotchas for having an
unusual root shell.

-- g

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