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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au!news.apana.org.au!cantor.edge.net.au!news.teragen.com.au!news.access.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.inetnebr.com!newsrelay.courtave.net!polo.iquest.com!news3.crl.com!nexp.crl.com!gleemonex.cdrom.com!wself From: wself@news.crl.com (wself) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Changing the default shell for ... Date: 11 Mar 1997 22:06:40 GMT Organization: Organization is your friend Lines: 15 Message-ID: <5g4l1g$t03@nexp.crl.com> References: <01bbede1$59bcf1c0$664c1bcc@tony.gcr1.com> <331CC761.4893@OntheNet.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: gleemonex.cdrom.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:36925 /usr/bin/chsh allows editing the default shell. Take a look at the man page for chpass for more information. Although it has already been mentioned, i'll say it again. The shell for root should be in /bin. Why? /usr/local/bin may not be there when you need it. Tony Griffiths (tonyg@OntheNet.com.au) wrote: : Tony wrote: : > : > What do I modify to have the system boot up and load the BASH shell by : > default : > as root ...?? : >