Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 04:22:49 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Litzinger <brian@MediaCity.com> To: jmb@freebsd.org (Jonathan M. Bresler) Cc: JSINNOTT@POMONA.EDU, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to change default shell? Message-ID: <199601031222.EAA18367@MediaCity.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960103003341.3695C-100000@Aspen.Woc.Atinc.COM> from "Jonathan M. Bresler" at Jan 3, 96 00:36:55 am
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> > On Tue, 2 Jan 1996, JOHN wrote: > > > I can't find a usermod command, so first I tried directly editing the > > /etc/passwd file. But that did not work, so I then tried editing the > > /etc/master.passwd file as well (should this be done?) I just want to have > > bash as the default shell rather than csh, but even with these fields changed, > > csh remains the default. > two steps are required. > 1. as root use vipw, a special version of vi, to edit the passwd file > find the entry for the user and replace /bin/csh with the path > to bash on your system. (probably /usr/local/bin/bash) > 2. edit /etc/shells. add a line containing the path to bash on your > system. (this lets a bash user ftp into the machine) One could also try the 'chfn' command. Brian Litzinger brian@mediacity.com
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