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Index: article.xml
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--- article.xml
+++ article.xml
@@ -54,13 +54,20 @@
<para>&linux; users are often surprised to find that
<application>Bash</application> is not the default shell in
- &os;. In fact, <application>Bash</application> is not even in
- the default installation. Instead, &os; uses &man.tcsh.1; as
- the default shell. However, <application>Bash</application> and
- other shells are available for installation using the &os; <link
- xlink:href="&url.base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html">Packages
- and Ports Collection</link>.</para>
+ &os;. In fact, <application>Bash</application> is not even
+ in the default installation. Instead, &os; uses &man.tcsh.1;
+ as the default root shell, and the <application>Bourne
+ shell</application>-compatible &man.sh.1; as the default user
+ shell. &man.sh.1; is very similar to <application>Bash</application>
+ but with a much smaller feature-set. Generally shell scripts
+ written for &man.sh.1; will run in <application>Bash</application>,
+ but the reverse is not always true.</para>
+ <para>However, <application>Bash</application> and other shells
+ are available for installation using the &os; <link
+ xlink:href="&url.base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html">Packages
+ and Ports Collection</link>.</para>
+
<para>After installing another shell, use &man.chsh.1; to change
a user's default shell. It is recommended that the
<systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user's default
@@ -130,7 +137,7 @@
equivalents of <filename>.deb</filename> files on
Debian/Ubuntu based systems and <filename>.rpm</filename>
files on Red Hat/Fedora based systems. Packages are
- installed using <application>pkg</application>. For example,
+ installed using <command>pkg</command>. For example,
the following command installs
<application>Apache 2.4</application>:</para>
@@ -247,7 +254,7 @@
rebooting the system:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>service <replaceable>sshd</replaceable> start</userinput>
-&prompt.root; <userinput>service apache24 start</userinput></screen>
+&prompt.root; <userinput>service <replaceable>apache24</replaceable> start</userinput></screen>
<para>If a service has not been enabled, it can be started from
the command line using <option>onestart</option>:</para>
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