Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2016 09:31:53 -0700 From: David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sh[it] and What am I missing here? Message-ID: <575453F9.9070508@holgerdanske.com> In-Reply-To: <31b2cfb1-1da8-9262-3f03-d964776c905e@columbus.rr.com> References: <31b2cfb1-1da8-9262-3f03-d964776c905e@columbus.rr.com>
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On 06/05/2016 08:38 AM, Baho Utot wrote:
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> root@baho-utot:~ # set
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> shell /bin/csh
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> tcsh 6.18.01
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> OK tcsh as I thought
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> OK switch shells
>
> root@baho-utot:~ # /bin/sh
> # set
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> Why is the SHELL variable still set to /bin/csh
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Because you are invoking a program (/bin/sh) and that program did not
modify the SHELL environment variable.
On 06/05/2016 09:15 AM, jd1008 wrote:
> Do I understand correctly that you want bash to be your shell?
> If so, you can run (as root), the command
> chsh <username>
+1
Take a look at:
https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/linux-users/shells.html
David
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