HP-Unix with BASH

[deepak jain]

I am new with hp-ux. recently i used linux RedHat. I want to use BASH with HP-Unix. what i have to do for this? I checked my /etc/shells there is not entry for bash.

[Torsten.]

This is part of HP-UX Internet Express and you can download it from http://software.hp.com

Never use bash for root (in /etc/passwd) for HP-UX!

[Arunvijai_4]

Hi Deepak,

BASH is not installed by default in HP-UX. You need to download and install from either of these.

1) Bash is part of TCOpensource which is supported by HP-UX

http://h20293.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=HPUXIEXP1123

2) Also, it is part of Linux porting kit

http://h20293.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=B9891AA

3) Download and install from HP-UX porting center,

http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/hpux/Shells/bash-3.1.16/

-Arun

[Jaime Bolanos Rojas.]

Also if you are the type that likes to use the history feature built in the shell, remember that using bash it's not a good idea.
Unless you can get bash to work with the same behavior than the posix shell.

Regards,

Jaime.

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

You can install a bash shell, but most bash scripts will work unmodified with HP-UX merely by modifying the shell variable.

SEP

[inventsekar_1]

Torsten-,
"Never use bash for root (in /etc/passwd) for HP-UX!"

why.. is that will cause problems..?

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

Using other than '/sbin/sh' for root will lead to a system that doesn't startup!

In the early stages of the startup sequence *before* '/usr' is mounted, or if you need to bring a system up only as far as single-user mode, no command has access to '/usr'.

Shells other than '/sbin/sh', that reside in '/usr' have dynamically-linked libraries which reduces their runtime memory requirements. Since these libraries also reside in the '/usr' directory, they can't run until '/usr' is mounted. Hence, you *must* use '/sbin/sh' as the default shell for 'root'.

Regards!

...JRF...

[Torsten.]

Thanks to JRF for answering this question!

Otherwise the system will end in single user mode with some errors like "no shell".

[deepak jain]

I got the solution with installed BASH, downloaded from internet.

thanks