Difference between revisions of "Default Debian Shell - dash to bash - change successful (Mar 2014)"
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The default shell for all ECE-managed Debian Linux workstations and servers was changed from ''dash'' to ''bash''. | The default shell for all ECE-managed Debian Linux workstations and servers was changed from ''dash'' to ''bash''. | ||
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| + | Please see the following articles for additional context | ||
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| + | https://wiki.debian.org/Shell | ||
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| + | https://wiki.debian.org/DashAsBinSh | ||
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| + | As a reminder, good scripting practice includes an explicit declaration of the shell required. Non-standard scripting calling /bin/sh may result in undesirable behaviour. | ||
Latest revision as of 12:16, 28 March 2014
This change was successfully implemented on March 26th, 2014.
The default shell for all ECE-managed Debian Linux workstations and servers was changed from dash to bash.
Please see the following articles for additional context
https://wiki.debian.org/DashAsBinSh
As a reminder, good scripting practice includes an explicit declaration of the shell required. Non-standard scripting calling /bin/sh may result in undesirable behaviour.
