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From: dan@okdirect.com (Daniel Walton)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: How come I can't change the shell?
Date: Sat, 17 May 1997 00:11:27 GMT
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I modified /etc/passwd for my non-root account to start bash as the
default shell but it's not working.  I compiled bash 2.0, installed it
and it is running fine if I envoke it from the command line.  But when
I log in, I am still getting csh.  Here's the passwd line:

dan:*:1001:0:dan:/home/dan:/bin/bash

bash *IS* installed in /bin and it *DOES* execute normally from the
command line.  What am I missing?

Thanks!
  
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