[luau] Changing shells

[Dustin Cross]

Aloha

Each users default shell is defined in the last field of /etc/passwd.
Simply edit edit the proper user from /bin/sh to /bin/bash and when you log
in next time you will have bash.  I don't know about FreeBSD, but to change
root's default shell in OpenBSD you have to edit something else, which I
can't  remember of teh top of my head.

I wouldn't change /bin/sh to point to /bin/bash as that could really mess
things up.  teh different shells do things differently and there are a lot
of things that use /bin/sh and if bash1 doesn't work exactly the same
(which I don't think it does) you will be in trouble.

Dusty




> Changing the default shell on unix (linux, bsd, commercial unixes, etc)
>  generally means changing the link /bin/sh to whatever you want.  In
> this  case, /bin/sh is probably a symlink to /bin/csh.  To change to
> bash,  link it to /bin/bash.  Be aware that bash1 is old and may not
> run newer  scripts.  Also, changing that link will break any scripts on
> your system  that assume #!/bin/sh will have it parsed by csh (so check
> your init  scripts).
>
> --MonMotha
>
> Jon Reynolds wrote:
>> I have a freebsd4.6 box and when it boots it automagically goes into
>> the csh shell. I installed bash1 and want it to be the default
>> systemwide shell. Where would I make the change for this? I have been
>> looking around and found how to do it for users but not systemwide. I
>> have a command in my /etc/rc.local that won't start using the csh
>> shell I get an 'ambiguous output redirect' message. When I switch over
>> to sh and run the same command it works just fine. But I need this
>> command to start at system bootup time. Any ideas?
>>
>> Jon
>
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