Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 09:11:37 +0800 From: Robert Storey <y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> To: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dumb newbie question about file-name completion Message-ID: <200305260911.37507.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> In-Reply-To: <200305252246.h4PMktp6021570@clunix.cl.msu.edu> References: <200305252246.h4PMktp6021570@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
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On Monday 26 May 2003 06:46, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > You have probably given the user accounts a shell that doesn't have > > tab-completion. > > with the chsh command you can change your shell. > > (in /etc/master.passwd you can see what shells your users have) > > All true, except that you should not look at /etc/master.passwd > directly. (you might go blind!!) Look at just /etc/passwd instead > since it is in there and doesn't require you to tamper with more > secure file. You can use vipw to set the shells or chsh like > some others have said. I'm just wondering, has "chsh" been deprecated for "chpass"? When I tried= to=20 use chsh, I got an error message. I did a "man chsh" and it brings up the= man=20 page for chpass. I went ahead and used chpass to change the shell, and th= at=20 worked fine. I'm using FBSD 5.0. regards, Robert
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