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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!europa.clark.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news1.best.com!nntp1.ba.best.com!shell3.ba.best.com!cknight From: Merlin <cknight@shell3.ba.best.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: How come I can't change the shell? Date: 17 May 1997 18:33:39 GMT Organization: BEST Internet Communications, Inc. Lines: 13 Message-ID: <5lktm3$i0v$2@nntp1.ba.best.com> References: <337cf6ed.96967703@207.126.101.81> NNTP-Posting-Host: shell3.ba.best.com X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 unoff BETA 970424; i386 FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41135 Daniel Walton <dan@okdirect.com> wrote: : 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: NEVER EDIT /ect/passwd Next time, use a util like 'chfn' -ck