Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 15:55:18 +0100 (BST) From: George Reid <greid@FreeBSD.org> To: Cynic <cynic@mail.cz> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: root shell Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0106011554060.53879-100000@sobek.openirc.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20010601164100.02768688@mail.cz>
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On Fri, 1 Jun 2001, Cynic wrote: > how do I get the root account use other shell than csh? chsh(1), or more generally, vipw(8). > I have changed the root's shell entry in /etc/passwd to > /bin/bash, but still get csh upon logging in. This is because you're not supposed to do that...Use the correct tools for editing the password database (which isn't just /etc/passwd). -- +-------------------+---------------------+ | George Reid | FreeBSD Committer | | +44 7740 197460 | greid@FreeBSD.org | +-------------------+---------------------+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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