> Well, that seems to indicate that root still has bash as its shell, as > is the default on Fedora (and almost any Linux/Unix system). So either > change root's shell in /etc/passwd (but, maybe this will break something > in the system!), execute tcsh every time you use su, of just accept that > root uses bash and modify your customizations to work in bash (if it's > just a small set of environment settings, aliases etc). It has /bin/tcsh as the shell in /etc/passwd (the first thing I checked, of course). Maybe it's actually reading a shadow file? Some sort of security thing, where "security" is defined as "if you can't use it, you can't break it". > But for other bits of work, I prefer xterm, mutt, vi etc. It's all about > choice and freedom, so everyone can pick their own set of tools. Well, it SHOULD be, but it seems as though there's a faction in the development> community that wants everyone to use their Windows look-alike "desktop". I get> the impression their real desire is to keep Microsoft from making more money, instead of providing alternatives to MS's gawdawful (to my taste) GUI.
