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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!news.unimelb.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!ais.net!uunet!in3.uu.net!208.206.176.15!dimensional.com!nova.dimensional.com!not-for-mail From: mfuhr@dimensional.com (Michael Fuhr) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Changing User's shell in FreebSD Date: 14 Apr 1997 22:00:10 -0600 Organization: Dimensional Communications Lines: 14 Message-ID: <5iuuga$gf0@nova.dimensional.com> References: <3352E14E.41C67EA6@cyberusa.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: nova.dimensional.com X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.1 (NOV) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39125 "Jon E. Kump" <jkump@cyberusa.com> writes: >I need help changing my user's shells on my FreeBSD 2.2 machine. When I >edit the passwd file with the new shell and logoff and back on I'm still >using the old shell. The new one does not take effect. But if I delete >the user and the readd the user with the new shell everything is just >fine. Every other version of U*IX that I have used all I had to do was >change the passwd file. Try using vipw or chsh to make the changes. -- Michael Fuhr http://www.dimensional.com/~mfuhr/