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Date:      Thu, 21 Oct 1999 21:44:40 +1000 (EST)
From:      User Raymond <raymond@one.com.au>
Subject:   How to have a tsch for root
Message-ID:  <199910211144.VAA23731@gw.one.com.au>

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> On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, Walter Spierings wrote:
> 
> > We use tsch for all our user accounts.=20
> > How can we also have the tsch features for the root.
> 
> Edit the password file by entering
> 
> vipw
> 
> and replace /bin/csh by /usr/local/bin/tcsh within the pwd entry for root.
> Make sure that /etc/shells contains the following line:
> 
> /usr/local/bin/tcsh
> 

A better way is to first cp /usr/local/bin/tcsh /bin
then make sure /etc/shells contains /bin/tcsh then
vipw and change the shell for root to /bin/tcsh.

Then it will work when the /usr partition can't be mounted.

Ray Newman


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