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From: dhawk@netcom.com (David H)
Subject: Re: New User Admin
Message-ID: <dhawkDKKHp5.3GL@netcom.com>
Organization: Decline to State
References: <4caoal$bpa@news2.realtime.net>
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 18:51:05 GMT
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In article <4caoal$bpa@news2.realtime.net>, Dave Brown <dhbrown@bga.com> wrote:
>First, since I never liked the c-shell, I downloaded the bash port and 
>compiled it.  Okay, so now, I want to make bash my login shell.  I change 
>that in field 6 of the /etc/passwd file and guess what... c-shell is still 
>the login shell... huh?

As root do   vipw
and change the shell 
/etc/passwd is not the real passwd file.

>Next question is, I put a .profile in my home directory.  Well, it isn't 
>read on log-in.  Huh?  

Since you're still in a csh it won't find a .profile
It will find a .login or .cshrc



later, david
--
David Hawkins    dhawk@netcom.com
"From Sharp minds come... pointed heads." -- Bryan Sparrowhawk