From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 22 6:58:14 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ns.clientlogic.com (ns.clientlogic.com [207.51.66.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 115A614E4B for ; Sun, 22 Aug 1999 06:58:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ChrisMic@clientlogic.com) Received: by site0s1 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id ; Sun, 22 Aug 1999 09:57:56 -0400 Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105BC3@site2s1> From: Christopher Michaels To: 'Alex Kwan' , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: set bash as user's default shell Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 10:00:02 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG The full path to all valid shells on the system must exist in /etc/shells. Just add /usr/local/bin/bash or whatever the path is to the /etc/shells file. After the user is already created you'll want to use vipw to edit the password and change the default shell. -Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Alex Kwan [SMTP:alexkwan@pacific.net.hk] > Sent: Sunday, August 22, 1999 9:45 AM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: re: set bash as user's default shell > > Hi! > > When I add a new user to my FreeBSD system, > the adduser program only let me choice the > default shell as "csh or sh", how can I set > it as bash? > > Thanks! > > Alex > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message