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Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 08:33:37 -0500 (EST)
From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@rush.net>
To: Juergen Leising <a0037@stud.uni-bayreuth.de>
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Subject: Re: bash
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On Fri, 18 Jun 1999, Juergen Leising wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 18, 1999 at 05:19:47PM +1000, Dean Hamstead wrote:
> > ive compiled bash and installed it
> > when i run bash after ive logged in it works like a dream
> > 
> > but when i set it as by prompt in /etc/passwd is just seems to ignore the
> > entry.... is there a file or something i have to register it as a valid
> > shell??
> > 
> 
> This is really strange, but a workaround is
> 
> 	chsh
> 
> Editing of /etc/shells - as proposed in this thread - didn't help in my
> case: don't know why not.

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