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From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
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Subject: Re: Changing my Shell & Customizing the Console
To: met@uberstats.com (MET)
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 15:18:00 -0400 (EDT)
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In-Reply-To: <002e01c237fc$1cd6a330$6901a8c0@SURVIVAL> from "MET" at Jul 30, 2002 03:05:45 PM
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> 
> I'm currently using the default installed shell "sh" and was wondering
> how to change my users to the "bash" shell.  I've installed it using
> packages so it should be on my machine correctly, but that's as far as I
> know.

First, edit /etc/shells and list it there.
Then,  edit your users' shell field so they get it when they log in.
         use vipw or one of the various admin houskeeping tools available.
////jerry

>  
> Also, I've connected into a few web servers through telnet and have
> noticed that you can create a color-scheme for different file types, and
> was wondering how to set this up myself.
>  
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>  
>  
> - Matthew Metnetsky
>  
>  
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