Date: Tue, 07 Oct 1997 05:10:54 +0000 From: Jason Wells <jcwells@u.washington.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: change default shell for root Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19971007051054.007cfb10@jcwells.deskmail.washington.edu>
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At 16:04 10/6/97 -0400, you wrote: >Hi. >I tried to change the default shell for root in passwd file and >master.passed file to /usr/local/bin/bash. But when I exited even >restarted , nothing has been changed. Could anyone tell me why this >happened and how to solve it? Use vipw to edit anything to do with /etc/passwd and its children. There is a passwd_mkdb function that has not yet been performed after you edited your passwd files. Vipw runs this mkdb function for you. man vipw Have fun, Jason Wells P.S. I am finally back.... UNIX is sooo cool. How cool is it? So cool that I actually have a job doing some low power admin stuff. It is nice to use an OS that actually does what you tell it.
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