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Date:      Sat, 20 Feb 1999 12:43:07 +0000
From:      Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com>
To:        Langa Kentane <LKentane@mweb.com>, "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Cc:        "'ruan@ctech.ac.za'" <ruan@ctech.ac.za>
Subject:   Re: Can't change shell - Please help newbie
Message-ID:  <19990220124307.E185@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <913B8C252194D2119BD500805F318178030416@za12nt02.mweb.com>; from Langa Kentane on Sat, Feb 20, 1999 at 12:19:46PM %2B0200
References:  <913B8C252194D2119BD500805F318178030416@za12nt02.mweb.com>

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On Sat, Feb 20, 1999 at 12:19:46PM +0200, Langa Kentane wrote:
> I am using FreeBSD-3.0.  I have recently installed bash on my system.  I
> edit the passwd file and changed the path for my shell to reflect the same
> path to bash that is reflected on the /etc/shells directory
> 

How are you editing the password file? If you are just editing
/etc/passwd it won't work. Use vipw(8). When you save and exit vipw
re-builds the passwd database.

> Problem is that when I log on I still go straight into csh.  I even tried to
> change the shell for root and still the same thing happens. I have to change
> the shell from the command line everytime now.  What am I doing wrong?? 
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> 	Langa F. Kentane (CNA, MCP)
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