Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 21:59:03 +0100 From: Martin Welk <mw@theatre.sax.de> To: Sam Hays <sam@ecofl.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: more specifics on my shell issues Message-ID: <20000126215903.F45379@theatre.lan> In-Reply-To: <003f01bf6810$c8bf2a00$297631cc@ecofl.com>; from sam@ecofl.com on Wed, Jan 26, 2000 at 09:19:48AM -0600 References: <003f01bf6810$c8bf2a00$297631cc@ecofl.com>
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On Wed, Jan 26, 2000 at 09:19:48AM -0600, Sam Hays wrote:
> I'm defaulting as csh,
> I'm (for right now) wanting to go to /bin/sh, rather than /bin/csh,
> my understanding was that you can edit your ~/.profile (or something
> similar) to change your
> default shell? or am I going to have to pull a passwd -s /bin/sh or
> something?
>
> maybe that'll help in answering both questions?
Look at the chsh/chpass(1), passwd(5) man pages. You have to change the
/etc/passwd entry for the user you want the shell to be changed, either
by using vipw (editing the whole file as root in a ee or vi editor) or
by using chsh (_ch_ange _sh_ell) when logged in as the user who wants
to do so.
You can only use shells validated by entries in /etc/shells, which is
always done for /bin/sh and /bin/csh and also by shells installed
through the ports/packages mechanism, like bash (/usr/local/bin/bash)
or others.
Regards,
Martin
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