repost: diff between /sbin/sh and /usr/bin/sh

[joephilip]

When I looked at the /etc/passwd on Solaris (Sun OS 5.5.1), their shell is set to /sbin/sh.

When I do "which sh", I get /usr/bin/sh.

So, why is set to /sbin/sh


Thanks,

Joani Tamminen

 

[Guest_imported]

For user "root" the login shell is /sbin/sh and for other users it is /bin/sh or as you define in the profile file for the user.

YSaini

 

[dobbyn]

/sbin/sh is statically linked so that /usr (i.e /usr/lib) does not have to be mounted for it to run everything.