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Date:      Wed, 18 Aug 1999 11:13:03 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug <doemill@shocking.com>
To:        "Bill A. K." <billieakay@yahoo.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: roots shell
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.4.05.9908181111340.14869-100000@fingers.shocking.com>
In-Reply-To: <002b01bee97f$2a3fdf60$01010101@bopper>

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use 'chfn' to change your shell, and be sure to add it to /etc/shells also.
and to change your current prompt to your username and current directory
use
PS1="\u \w# "

Put that in your ~/.profile and ln -s your ~/.profile to .bashrc so it does
it when you su to root also.


 On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, Bill A. K. wrote:

> hi,
> 
> is there any way to change root's default shell from csh to bash. i'm doing
> a lot of work on my system and i'm sick of having to start bash at every
> shell i open. any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> i've already changed the path to my shell in both /etc/passwd and
> /etc/master.passwd but it didn't change it.
> 
> and i would also like to know how to customize my bash prompt with my
> current directory for example.
> 
> thanks
> 
> Bill
> billieakay@yahoo.com
> 
> 
> 
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