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From: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com>
To: bomber <bomber@globalpac.com>
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Subject: Re: bash as default
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On Fri, 1 Aug 1997, bomber wrote:
> 	pardon the newbie question, but what do i need to do to have Bash
> as the default shell for logins (including root)?

When you run adduser for the first time it prompts you for
default values, including the shell.  Set them there and
you are all set for future users.

As for root using bash, there is a school of thought that
root should not have a "comfortable" shell.  I subscribe to
that.  But it's your machine, just run vipw and change
root's shell if you want to.

Dan
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