Topic: bash

• Open source on IBM i: yum, bash as the default shell, and starting the SSH daemon

  IBM's supported open-source stack for IBM i (Node.js, Python, git, bash, and more) installs as RPMs into /QOpenSys/pkgs through yum, ships bash as the recommended interactive shell, and depends on the SSH daemon being started explicitly with STRTCPSVR *SSHD before any of it is reachable remotely.

  methodology · en · reviewed · knowledge as of 2026-09-24

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