/bin/tcsh not in default install anymore?

[Thomas J. Baker]

On Tue, 2007-09-18 at 15:42 -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote:
> Thomas J. Baker (tjb at unh.edu) said: 
> > Is it a bug or a feature that tcsh is no longer installed by default
> > anymore? Maybe it was never explicitly listed but something pulled it in
> > on a default install? Most people around here use it as their shell.
> 
> It was done in August for rawhide/f8, mainly because nothing required it,
> and it is easy to add for new installs later.
> 
> Bill
> 

In my nightmare use case scenario, install F8, enable NIS authentication
at first boot, get the gdm prompt, no users are listed as their shell is
tcsh, root login is now disabled, a graphically oriented user is locked
out of their system. 

I know how to work around this, it likely won't happen for upgrades, but
it does cause some problems.

Thanks,

tjb
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