From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 10 21:37:17 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from blues.ghis.net (as1f-9.wag.interact.net.au [203.37.48.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACB9715899 for ; Mon, 10 May 1999 21:37:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jim@blues.ghis.net) Received: (from jim@localhost) by blues.ghis.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id OAA48303; Tue, 11 May 1999 14:36:56 +1000 (EST) Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 14:36:55 +1000 From: Jim Mock To: phrotos@email.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to change the shell? Message-ID: <19990511143655.A48240@blues.ghis.net> Reply-To: jim@blues.ghis.net References: <9905102336182K.02865@www5.iname.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4i In-Reply-To: <9905102336182K.02865@www5.iname.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 10 May 1999 at 23:36:18 -0400, phrotos@email.com wrote: > Good Night > First, I would like to congratulate all the freebsd staff because > their answer of my first question was so quickly. I didn4t see that > in a few hours I got a answer faster and other tech support of other > operating system (linux include). Now I have a new question for you > FreeBSD guys, actually I now that FreeBSD use the tcsh that means > the C shell. The default user shell is actually csh and not tcsh. > Like any Unix user, I like another shell which is the Bash shell of > the unix standard, I would like to know if you can help me again. > Please tell me how change from the C shell to the Bash shell or tell > me please how to change from C shell to another like the Bash shell. 1) cd /usr/ports/shells/bash2 && make install 2) Add /usr/local/bin/bash to /etc/shells. 3) run chfn and change the shell to /usr/local/bin/bash 4) logout and log back in and voila, you should have a bash shell (echo $SHELL will tell you) -- - Jim Mock - jim@blues.ghis.net - systems administrator - ghis.NET - - work: http://www.ghis.net/ - personal: http://www.ghis.net/~jim/ - - FreeBSD 'zine: http://www.freebsdzine.org/ - jim@freebsdzine.org - - FreeBSD: http://advocacy.freebsd.org/ - jim@advocacy.FreeBSD.org - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message