changing shell

[Vasile C]

On Sunday 11 December 2005 22:07, FreeBsdBeni wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to get my shell changed from the default csh to bash. I followed
> the instruction in the handbook, "chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash beni" and got
> the reply that the user information was updated :
>
> root at PCBSD:/home/beni> chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash beni
> chsh: user information updated
> root at PCBSD:/home/beni>
>
> Did the same for root. Looked with vipw and my shell was changed to bash.
> My /etc/shells was also modified :
>
> beni at PCBSD:~> cat /etc/shells
> # $FreeBSD: src/etc/shells,v 1.5 2000/04/27 21:58:46 ache Exp $
> #
> # List of acceptable shells for chpass(1).
> # Ftpd will not allow users to connect who are not using
> # one of these shells.
>
> /bin/sh
> /bin/csh
> /bin/tcsh
> /usr/local/bin/bash
> beni at PCBSD:~>
>
> But when logging out and back in again, the shell didn't change to bash.
> It's still csh... I just get the "%"-sign and have to type "bash" to get
> the bash-shell in a console.
>
> And the weird thing is with path :
>
> %echo $path
> /sbin /bin /usr/sbin /usr/local/bin /usr/games /usr/local/sbin /usr/bin
> /usr/X11R6/bin /home/beni/bin %
>
> beni at PCBSD:~> echo $path
>
> beni at PCBSD:~>
>
> Any hints on the why of this ?

Try: pw user mod beni -s /usr/local/bin/bash
-- 

Regards , Vasile C

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