Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 12:43:07 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: Langa Kentane <LKentane@mweb.com>, "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: "'ruan@ctech.ac.za'" <ruan@ctech.ac.za> Subject: Re: Can't change shell - Please help newbie Message-ID: <19990220124307.E185@localhost> In-Reply-To: <913B8C252194D2119BD500805F318178030416@za12nt02.mweb.com>; from Langa Kentane on Sat, Feb 20, 1999 at 12:19:46PM %2B0200 References: <913B8C252194D2119BD500805F318178030416@za12nt02.mweb.com>
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On Sat, Feb 20, 1999 at 12:19:46PM +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 > How are you editing the password file? If you are just editing /etc/passwd it won't work. Use vipw(8). When you save and exit vipw re-builds the passwd database. > 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?? > > Thanks in advance. > > Langa F. Kentane (CNA, MCP) > Technical Suppot > M-Web Connect PTY/LTD > Tel: +27 82 960 4963 > mailto:evablunted@earthling.net > http://members.xoom.com/evablunted > http://home.mweb.co.za/la/langak > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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