Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 13:58:44 -0700 From: TuxGirl <tuxgirl@gmail.com> To: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Changing shells (was: pkg_add not installing lsof (and other programs)?) Message-ID: <6e4453640512151258q7167d253t82f50f423002822b@mail.gmail.com>
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> If you install bash, be aware that you have that you have to add it > (with it's full path, /usr/local/bin/bash) to /etc/shells befor trying > to change your shell (with 'pw usermod yourname -s bash'). amon-re# pw usermod erins -s zsh pw: no default shell available or defined I've added it to /etc/shells: # $FreeBSD: src/etc/shells,v 1.5 2000/04/27 21:58:46 ache Exp $ # # List of acceptable shells for chpass(1). # Ftpd will not allow users to connect who are not using # one of these shells. /bin/sh /bin/csh /bin/tcsh /usr/local/bin/zsh /usr/local/bin/rzsh /usr/local/bin/bash When I log in as my user (erins), if I run ps, it shows sh as the shell running. Am I missing an important step someplace here?
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