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Date:      Wed, 7 Apr 1999 11:34:01 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com>
Cc:        Jim Pazarena <paz@ccstores.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: changing shell in passwd
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.990407113303.22962B-100000@java.dpcsys.com>
In-Reply-To: <370B9813.C95AF28B@ocsny.com>

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On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, pete collins wrote:
> tripple check your path to bash
> 
> usually /usr/local/bin/bash
> 
> later
> 
> Jim Pazarena wrote:
> 
> > I installed one 3.1 system, added bash, then added a user with bash as shell.
> > No problems with bash as a login shell.
> >
> > I installed another 3.1 system, added a user, *then* added bash,
> > then changed /etc/passwd to reflect bash as the shell for the user.

Did you use vi or vipw?  If vi then do it again using vipw so the
master.passwd gets rebuilt.

Dan
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 Dan Busarow                                                  949 443 4172
 Dana Point Communications, Inc.                            dan@dpcsys.com
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