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Date:      Wed, 18 Aug 1999 11:05:24 -0400
From:      "Terry Warner" <keerf@webster.mt.lucent.com>
To:        "Bill A. K." <billieakay@yahoo.com>, "FreeBSD Questions" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: roots shell
Message-ID:  <000a01bee98b$19c4b3c0$acd00318@cc1023345-b.etntwn1.nj.home.com>

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hey Bill,

one way you can change it is with chsh

it will open up and editor .. just change the shell to /usr/local/bin/bash

or whever bash is installed on your system

Terry Warner
keerf@netlabs.net

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill A. K. <billieakay@yahoo.com>
To: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Date: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 9:50 AM
Subject: roots shell


>hi,
>
>is there any way to change root's default shell from csh to bash. i'm doing
>a lot of work on my system and i'm sick of having to start bash at every
>shell i open. any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>i've already changed the path to my shell in both /etc/passwd and
>/etc/master.passwd but it didn't change it.
>
>and i would also like to know how to customize my bash prompt with my
>current directory for example.
>
>thanks
>
>Bill
>billieakay@yahoo.com
>
>
>
>
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