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From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> wrote:
> > 
> > Thank, i'll try it.
> 
> tis easy.
> Either vipw or chsh will do it fine.  But, you need to use
> the full path for bash (or whatever other shell you name)
> Also, that path needs to be listed in /etc/shells so you may need
> to edit that file as well - using regular vi.

Note two things for reference.  If you install bash from the ports,
it is automagically added to /etc/shells, and it is installed in
/usr/local/bin/bash

HTH

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Bill Moran
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