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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!metro!metro!seagoon.newcastle.edu.au!frey.newcastle.edu.au!not-for-mail From: c9415019@maths.newcastle.edu.au (Russell Davies) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: How to change Shell? Date: 14 Jan 1997 23:54:45 GMT Organization: The University of Newcastle Lines: 13 Message-ID: <5bh6c5$9mh@seagoon.newcastle.edu.au> References: <5bgcem$ia3@bignews.shef.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: frey.newcastle.edu.au X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:33879 B Amavasai (elp95bpa@stoat.shef.ac.uk) wrote: : I wonder if anyone could help. My freebsd account is now configured : for a bash shell. How do I change it to a C shell? Perhaps this is : a general unix question. I know that I can run csh, but it isn't : anything like having a preloaded C shell. Thanks. : You may want to try at least one of the following: 1) chsh at the command prompt may work. 2) simply edit the /etc/passwd file and change the field containing the shell which is invoked when you login (typically the last field) r.