Date: Thu, 14 Sep 95 14:48:25 METDST From: marino.ladavac@aut.alcatel.at To: dlr@asylum.org (dlr) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ksh as login shell Message-ID: <9509141248.AA26681@atuhc16.aut.alcatel.at> In-Reply-To: <199509140324.XAA01403@asylum.asylum.org>; from "dlr" at Sep 13, 95 11:24 pm
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> |I downloaded ksh and wanted to make it my login shell. I tried to use the
> |chpass command:
> |
> |zit1: {1} chpass -s ksh
> |chpass: ksh: non-standard shell
> |chpass: /etc/master.passwd: unchanged
> |
> |Why is ksh not a standard shell ? How can I fix this ? Thanks.
> Look at the /etc/shells file:
> {io!dlr} /etc 147> ls -al /etc/shells
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 161 Feb 10 1995 /etc/shells
> {io!dlr} /etc 148> less shells
> # List of acceptable shells for chpass(1).
> # Ftpd will not allow users to connect who are not using
> # one of these shells.
> /bin/sh
> /bin/csh
> /usr/local/bin/tcsh
> edit it and add ksh. prob need to use full path. then use chpass to change
> your shell.
WARNING! If that ksh is the ksh the original poster downloaded from AT&T,
it may not work (seems to be BSD/OS executable.) In that case, he could
lock himself out of the machine.
/Alby
> dave
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