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Date:      Sat, 20 Feb 1999 21:41:47 +1100
From:      Jim Mock <jim@corp.au.triax.com>
To:        Langa Kentane <LKentane@mweb.com>
Cc:        "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "'ruan@ctech.ac.za'" <ruan@ctech.ac.za>
Subject:   Re: Can't change shell - Please help newbie
Message-ID:  <19990220214147.A4997@corp.au.triax.com>
In-Reply-To: <913B8C252194D2119BD500805F318178030416@za12nt02.mweb.com>
References:  <913B8C252194D2119BD500805F318178030416@za12nt02.mweb.com>

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On Sat, 20 Feb 1999 at 12:19:46 +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
>

Don't edit the passwd file directly if that's what you're doing.
Either run vipw and change it through there, or run chfn and change
the shell there.  Either one of those two ways should work, as long as
it's in /etc/shells like you say.

Hope this helps,

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