From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 22 14:05:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA24604 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 22 Feb 1998 14:05:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from emu.sourcee.com (emu.sourcee.com [199.201.159.173]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA24564 for ; Sun, 22 Feb 1998 14:05:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nrice@emu.sourcee.com) Received: (from nrice@localhost) by emu.sourcee.com (8.8.8/8.8.3) id RAA24561; Sun, 22 Feb 1998 17:05:10 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <19980222170509.06071@emu.sourcee.com> Date: Sun, 22 Feb 1998 17:05:09 -0500 From: Norman C Rice To: Dana Bell Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: default shell References: <199802222206.QAA28111@host1.texramp.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88 In-Reply-To: <199802222206.QAA28111@host1.texramp.net>; from Dana Bell on Sun, Feb 22, 1998 at 03:56:55PM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Feb 22, 1998 at 03:56:55PM +0000, Dana Bell wrote: > > You can add users to /etc/passwd without giving them a shell or a home. > > How do I change a user's default shell in FreeBSD? Now, I have edited both > /etc/passwd and /etc/master.passwd, but one account (my personal > account) always comes up with /bin/sh. I want tcsh to be the default. > > > dbell@texramp.net | http://www.texramp.net/~dbell > WebPageMaker - http://www.texramp.net/~dbell/pagemaker.html > Disc Golf - http://www.texramp.net/~dbell/discgolf.html > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Try using `vipw' to make the desired changes. -- Regards, Norman C. Rice, Jr. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message