From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Feb 20 7:52:32 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.demon.net (finch-post-11.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.39]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 734A711371 for ; Sat, 20 Feb 1999 07:52:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marko@uk.radan.com) Received: from [158.152.75.22] (helo=uk.radan.com) by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 10EEhe-000LAB-00; Sat, 20 Feb 1999 15:52:26 +0000 Organisation: Radan Computational Ltd., Bath, UK. Phone: +44-1225-320320 Fax: +44-1225-320311 Received: from marder-1. (rasnt-1 [193.114.228.211]) by uk.radan.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) with ESMTP id PAA01493; Sat, 20 Feb 1999 15:51:52 GMT Received: (from marko@localhost) by marder-1. (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA00310; Sat, 20 Feb 1999 12:43:08 GMT (envelope-from marko) Message-ID: <19990220124307.E185@localhost> Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 12:43:07 +0000 From: Mark Ovens To: Langa Kentane , "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Cc: "'ruan@ctech.ac.za'" Subject: Re: Can't change shell - Please help newbie References: <913B8C252194D2119BD500805F318178030416@za12nt02.mweb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <913B8C252194D2119BD500805F318178030416@za12nt02.mweb.com>; from Langa Kentane on Sat, Feb 20, 1999 at 12:19:46PM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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