Re: Changing shell

1998-08-07 Thread Doug Thistlethwaite
Thanks for the info The "chsh" command was what I couldn't remember. I was changing my shell on a system that I do not have root access on. Its true that I normally just edit the /etc/passwd file (on my system). But I wouldn't want users (or have to edit it for users) to use this method. Tha

Re: Changing shell

1998-08-07 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Fri, 7 Aug 1998, Liran Zvibel wrote: : On Fri, 7 Aug 1998, Nathan E Norman wrote: : : > On Fri, 7 Aug 1998, Liran Zvibel wrote: : > : > : You can edit the file /etc/passwd, the defauld shell for the user is the : > : last thing in the line. : > : I'm sure that there is a script that does it f

Re: Changing shell

1998-08-07 Thread Liran Zvibel
On Fri, 7 Aug 1998, Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Fri, 7 Aug 1998, Liran Zvibel wrote: > > : You can edit the file /etc/passwd, the defauld shell for the user is the > : last thing in the line. > : I'm sure that there is a script that does it for you, but I like doing it > : myself. > > Uh, what a

Re: Changing shell

1998-08-07 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Fri, 7 Aug 1998, Liran Zvibel wrote: : On Thu, 6 Aug 1998, Doug Thistlethwaite wrote: : > Hello, : > : > What is the command that a user can use to change their default shells? I did : > it once long ago and have purged that part of my memory... : > : : You can edit the file /etc/passwd, t

Re: Changing shell

1998-08-07 Thread Liran Zvibel
On Thu, 6 Aug 1998, Doug Thistlethwaite wrote: > Hello, > > What is the command that a user can use to change their default shells? I did > it once long ago and have purged that part of my memory... > You can edit the file /etc/passwd, the defauld shell for the user is the last thing in the lin

Re: Changing shell

1998-08-07 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, 6 Aug 1998, Doug Thistlethwaite wrote: : Hello, : : What is the command that a user can use to change their default shells? I did : it once long ago and have purged that part of my memory... chsh kepler:~ $ man chsh NAME chsh - change login shell SYNOPSIS chsh [-s login

RE: Changing shell

1998-08-07 Thread Darren Benham
chsh On 07-Aug-98 Doug Thistlethwaite wrote: > > What is the command that a user can use to change their default shells? I -- http://benham.net/index.html -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS d+(-) s:+ a29 C++$ UL++> P+++$ L++> E? W+++$ N+(-)

Changing shell

1998-08-07 Thread Doug Thistlethwaite
Hello, What is the command that a user can use to change their default shells? I did it once long ago and have purged that part of my memory... Thanks! Doug -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null