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  From: Daniel Callan <dcallan@dataline.net.au>
  To  : linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au
  Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 12:09:11 +1000

Re: Using different Shells

At 11:19 20/05/99 +0930, Jake wrote:
>in the file /etc/passwd:
>bob:6VC0SAXe2q0p.:501:501::/home/bob:/bin/tcsh
>                                     ^^^^^^^^^ this is what you want.
>/bin/bash = bash
>/bin/csh = c shell
>/bin/tcsh = turbo(?) c shell
>
>Michael Ivery wrote:
>> How do you change the shell in use.  Currently I am using bash shell
>> and would like to try c shell.
>> 

To do this you can run the command:

"usermod -s [SHELL] [USERNAME]"

eg:
"usermod -s /bin/csh someuser"

You don't really want to be editing the /etc/passwd
directly unless it is necessary.

PS: You can also just run the prospective shell on top of 
whatever shell you are using.

PPS: If you invent another shell (eg: /bin/auto-ppp, /bin/myshell, etc),
remember to include it in /etc/shells to make it a valid entry
for the passwd file.

Cheers,
-Daniel


         Daniel Callan
        System Engineer/
       Senior Programmer

     hostmaster@dataline.net.au
      -- DataLine.net.au --
     http://dataline.net.au 

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