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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in3.uu.net!206.229.87.25!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-pull.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!Sprint!chippy.visi.com!news-out.visi.com!news.interactive.net!news From: Jay Sachs <sachs@interactive.net> Subject: Re: How come I can't change the shell? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.4.53/XEmacs 19.14 X-Nntp-Posting-User: (Unauthenticated) Organization: IBS Interactive, Inc. Lines: 25 Message-ID: <87oha7cyq4.fsf@luddite.org> References: <337cf6ed.96967703@207.126.101.81> <5lktm3$i0v$2@nntp1.ba.best.com> <5lm5cg$gu4@cicsun.univ-bpclermont.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 7.101) X-Trace: 864051346/1668 X-Face: 6!-I&o^[[HP+0~O~}d2Zf@Pbof:|>j5^*W$QOR"&)JYcHT.@-"AhAXLg3vioV79Ri3JMp/a e3QD@Z$1Ot@'j1/A X-Nntp-Posting-Host: host019.madison.interactive.net Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 14:39:47 GMT Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41183 espel@llaic.univ-bpclermont.fr (Roger Espel Llima) writes: > In article <5lktm3$i0v$2@nntp1.ba.best.com>, > Merlin <cknight@shell3.ba.best.com> wrote: > >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' > > Might as well explain why: in FreeBSD, the information in /etc/passwd > is expected to be in sync with that of /etc/master.passwd and various > database files containing hashed information. > > chfn, chsh, etc, are fine, but so is 'vipw' which lets you edit the > thing and then updates everything that needs updated. You also need to ensure the full pathname to bash is listed in /etc/shells. -Jay