Grep your user from /etc/password to see what shell you have set up. Do a simple "ps" with no arguments to see your current shell's process stack in case you're doing something funny like launching interactive shells from .profile. On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 7:25 PM, Brian Cluff wrote: > The shell that is use can be changed on a peer person basis so you will be > running wherever she'll you have listed in the /etc/passed file. > > Users are probably using bash. I believe the system defaults to dash for > its scripts. > > Brian Cluff > > On October 12, 2014 3:59:12 PM MST, Michael Havens > wrote: >> >> okay.... king of stupid questions has a new question. When I open a >> terminal I always thought the shell I was running was bash. >> http://www.interworx.com/community/alternative-shells-for-linux/ says >> that in reality it is Dash. "If you’re running a Debian version later >> than Squeeze, or one of its derivatives, including Ubuntu, then you’re >> likely already using Dash, as it’s the default for those distributions. " >> How do I verify this? And does this mean that there is no need to worry >> about the Bash vulnerability that was recently discovered? >> http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/09/bug-in-bash-shell-creates-big-security-hole-on-anything-with-nix-in-it/ >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- James McPhee jmcphe@gmail.com