Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 16:46:58 -0700 From: Doug <Doug@gorean.org> To: "Bill A. K." <billieakay@yahoo.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: roots shell Message-ID: <37BB45F2.71B6FFD3@gorean.org> References: <002b01bee97f$2a3fdf60$01010101@bopper>
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"Bill A. K." wrote: > > hi, > > is there any way to change root's default shell from csh to bash. Yes there is, but it's a bad idea. Several people have already pointed out some reasons why. An additional alternative to su -m is to put the following in /root/.login: [ -x /usr/local/bin/bash] && exec /usr/local/bin/bash That will start bash for you if it's available, and if it isn't you can still log in. > i've already changed the path to my shell in both /etc/passwd and > /etc/master.passwd but it didn't change it. You should use vipw for editing, don't ever edit them directly. > and i would also like to know how to customize my bash prompt with my > current directory for example. http://freebsd.simplenet.com/Bash-prompts.txt Good luck, Doug To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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