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Date:      Fri, 3 Sep 2004 14:57:35 -0400
From:      Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
To:        Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: bash = default
Message-ID:  <20040903145735.3fde24fe.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
In-Reply-To: <200409031849.i83InCQ04157@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
References:  <20040903204122.4d8fb4d5@eric.placeverte.home> <200409031849.i83InCQ04157@clunix.cl.msu.edu>

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Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> wrote:
> > 
> > Thank, i'll try it.
> 
> tis easy.
> Either vipw or chsh will do it fine.  But, you need to use
> the full path for bash (or whatever other shell you name)
> Also, that path needs to be listed in /etc/shells so you may need
> to edit that file as well - using regular vi.

Note two things for reference.  If you install bash from the ports,
it is automagically added to /etc/shells, and it is installed in
/usr/local/bin/bash

HTH

-- 
Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
http://www.potentialtech.com



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