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Date:      Fri, 17 Sep 1999 18:33:09 +0800 (PHT)
From:      "Francis A. Vidal" <francis@usls.edu>
To:        Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
Cc:        jim@blues.ghis.net, Michael Henry <mhenry@pgrad.cs.usyd.edu.au>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Changing shell
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.10.9909171832330.2494-100000@atlas.usls.edu>
In-Reply-To: <74080.937563120@axl.noc.iafrica.com>

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On Fri, 17 Sep 1999, Sheldon Hearn wrote:

> > > > Does anyone know how to change the root shell from csh to bash?
> >
> > The default root shell is sh, not csh.
> 
> What makes you think that? Have a look at /usr/src/etc/master.passwd .
> It most definitely _is_ csh.

to change root's shell, just do `chpass -s <path_to_shell>'

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