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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Changing the default shell for ...
Date: 11 Mar 1997 22:06:40 GMT
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/usr/bin/chsh allows editing the default shell.

Take a look at the man page for chpass for more information.  

Although it has already been mentioned, i'll say it again.  The shell for
root should be in /bin.  Why?  /usr/local/bin may not be there when you
need it.

Tony Griffiths (tonyg@OntheNet.com.au) wrote:
: Tony wrote:
: > 
: > What do I modify to have the system boot up and load the BASH shell by
: > default
: > as root ...??
: >