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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!neoucom.edu!ns.mcs.kent.edu!kira.cc.uakron.edu!odin.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news1.digital.com!decwrl!amd!netcomsv!uu4news.netcom.com!netcomsv!uu3news.netcom.com!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!dhawk From: dhawk@netcom.com (David H) Subject: Re: New User Admin Message-ID: <dhawkDKKHp5.3GL@netcom.com> Organization: Decline to State References: <4caoal$bpa@news2.realtime.net> Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 18:51:05 GMT Lines: 22 Sender: dhawk@netcom13.netcom.com In article <4caoal$bpa@news2.realtime.net>, Dave Brown <dhbrown@bga.com> wrote: >First, since I never liked the c-shell, I downloaded the bash port and >compiled it. Okay, so now, I want to make bash my login shell. I change >that in field 6 of the /etc/passwd file and guess what... c-shell is still >the login shell... huh? As root do vipw and change the shell /etc/passwd is not the real passwd file. >Next question is, I put a .profile in my home directory. Well, it isn't >read on log-in. Huh? Since you're still in a csh it won't find a .profile It will find a .login or .cshrc later, david -- David Hawkins dhawk@netcom.com "From Sharp minds come... pointed heads." -- Bryan Sparrowhawk