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Date:      Sat, 20 Feb 1999 02:39:22 -0800
From:      charon@freethought.org
To:        Langa Kentane <LKentane@mweb.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Can't change shell - Please help newbie
Message-ID:  <3.0.5.32.19990220023922.00a491b0@mail>
In-Reply-To: <913B8C252194D2119BD500805F318178030416@za12nt02.mweb.com>

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At 12:19 PM 2/20/99 +0200, Langa Kentane wrote:
>I am using FreeBSD-3.0.  I have recently installed bash on my system.  I
>edit the passwd file and changed the path for my shell to reflect the same
>path to bash that is reflected on the /etc/shells directory
>
>Problem is that when I log on I still go straight into csh.  I even tried to
>change the shell for root and still the same thing happens. I have to change
>the shell from the command line everytime now.  What am I doing wrong?? 

Are you using the 'chsh' command?  And use 'which bash' to get the location
of the shell.




	 Charon@freethought.org
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