Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 13:17:15 +0200 From: Vasile C <v.cristescu@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: changing shell Message-ID: <200512111317.26339.v.cristescu@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200512111207.49635.freebsdbeni@spymac.com> References: <200512111207.49635.freebsdbeni@spymac.com>
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--nextPart1933049.1hJo2M7G44 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-6" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Sunday 11 December 2005 22:07, FreeBsdBeni wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to get my shell changed from the default csh to bash. I follow= ed > the instruction in the handbook, "chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash beni" and g= ot > the reply that the user information was updated : > > root@PCBSD:/home/beni> chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash beni > chsh: user information updated > root@PCBSD:/home/beni> > > Did the same for root. Looked with vipw and my shell was changed to bash. > My /etc/shells was also modified : > > beni@PCBSD:~> cat /etc/shells > # $FreeBSD: src/etc/shells,v 1.5 2000/04/27 21:58:46 ache Exp $ > # > # List of acceptable shells for chpass(1). > # Ftpd will not allow users to connect who are not using > # one of these shells. > > /bin/sh > /bin/csh > /bin/tcsh > /usr/local/bin/bash > beni@PCBSD:~> > > But when logging out and back in again, the shell didn't change to bash. > It's still csh... I just get the "%"-sign and have to type "bash" to get > the bash-shell in a console. > > And the weird thing is with path : > > %echo $path > /sbin /bin /usr/sbin /usr/local/bin /usr/games /usr/local/sbin /usr/bin > /usr/X11R6/bin /home/beni/bin % > > beni@PCBSD:~> echo $path > > beni@PCBSD:~> > > Any hints on the why of this ? Try: pw user mod beni -s /usr/local/bin/bash =2D-=20 Regards , Vasile C If UNIX doesn't have the solution you have the wrong problem. UNIX is simple, but it takes a genius to understand it's simplicity. --nextPart1933049.1hJo2M7G44 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBDnArG0IQ7kyLk6voRAoyaAJ9m79p5I2gBLGMuz+hEPN8QT+QalgCeKn20 Tml4rnRNJkDsg1D9fjccCS0= =a7XT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1933049.1hJo2M7G44--
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