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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-pull.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-stk-3.sprintlink.net!news.charm.net!news.fred.net!not-for-mail From: mcurry@fred.net ( ) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Another dumb question ... Date: 5 Mar 1997 16:40:29 GMT Organization: FredNet - Frederick, Md. Lines: 16 Message-ID: <5fk7lt$lie$1@news.fred.net> References: <01bbede1$59bcf1c0$664c1bcc@tony.gcr1.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bigdog.fred.net X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:36587 Tony (tony@gcr1.com) wrote: : What do I modify to have the system boot up and load the BASH shell by : default : as root ...?? : : Thanks, : Tony Run vipw; the entry for root is usually the first entry in the passwd file (being edited by vipw). At the end of that line is the path to the user's preferred shell. Assuming bash is installed, it is usually /usr/local/bin/bash. Check first before changing it. :) Another utility that many prefer -- actually there are several -- are programs like chfn, chpass ... which allow you to change paramaters like the preferred shell, preferred editor, and so forth.