Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 12:57:01 -0600 From: Eric Six <erics@sirsi.com> To: "'nirv one nine nine'" <nirv199@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: bash Message-ID: <DC32C8CEB3F8D311B6B5009027DE5AD503D207C9@stlmail.dra.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 And you should use 'vipw' to edit the master.passwd, otherwise the changes won't be made till reboot? And you risk possible corruption. Eric - -----Original Message----- From: Eric Six [mailto:erics@sirsi.com] Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 12:55 PM To: 'nirv one nine nine'; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: bash - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Correct me if I am wrong, but /etc/passwd is provided for compatibility. BSD uses the /etc/master.passwd. If you edit this file, that will do it. Or you can do a 'chsh' while logged in as that user and change your shell that way. Cheers, Eric - - -----Original Message----- From: nirv one nine nine [mailto:nirv199@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 12:49 PM To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: bash Hello, I installed the bash package, and edited /etc/passwd to use /usr/local/bin/bash as the shell for some users, but it did not work. Is there anything else I need to do in order to run bash as my default shell? TIA nirv __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com>; iQA/AwUBPFBYQMbzOHaBcCrEEQK8AgCg0OrF9uYttaztOyzSlDnkjoluaGUAn3eO aoXfSBlLPWmBDiHRBHCJOFS7 =E1KB - -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com>; iQA/AwUBPFBY08bzOHaBcCrEEQKP4QCguhzNTmVC+Q0gKbjz3cFhecZpMtoAoOyW 4LoOInrSqu1MM0olwmb/8Qpj =tg8j -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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