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From: frueauf@.ira.uka.de (Thorsten Frueauf)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.amiga,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: Few questions about NetBSD
Date: 9 Feb 1996 10:50:01 GMT
Organization: IPD, University of Karlsruhe, FRG
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To: kolla@nvg.unit.no (Kolbjxrn Barmen)
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Hello!

In article <4fe06q$r70@due.unit.no>, kolla@nvg.unit.no (Kolbjxrn Barmen) writes:
 
|> Yup, another dumb thing with NetBSD. Why there isnt a better default 
|> shell, I dunno. I've installed bash, and set /bin/bash as shell for root
|> with vipw, but I always get complaines about "unknown rootshell" even 
|> though its no problems using it.

Did you add an entry in /etc/shells for bash?

Greets
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