Re: changing shell

2005-12-11 Thread James Bailie
FreeBsdBeni wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/beni> chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash beni > chsh: user information updated > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/beni> This should work if you are truly root, as the prompt suggests. If you are not, then you need to modify /etc/shells to include bash before invoking

Re: changing shell

2005-12-11 Thread FreeBsdBeni
On Sunday 11 December 2005 03:17, Vasile C wrote: > On Sunday 11 December 2005 22:07, FreeBsdBeni wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm trying to get my shell changed from the default csh to bash. I > > followed the instruction in the handbook, "chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash > > beni" and got the reply that the

Re: changing shell

2005-12-11 Thread Vasile C
On Sunday 11 December 2005 22:07, FreeBsdBeni wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to get my shell changed from the default csh to bash. I followed > the instruction in the handbook, "chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash beni" and got > the reply that the user information was updated : > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/be

changing shell

2005-12-11 Thread FreeBsdBeni
Hi, I'm trying to get my shell changed from the default csh to bash. I followed the instruction in the handbook, "chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash beni" and got the reply that the user information was updated : [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/beni> chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash beni chsh: user information upd

Re: no root login after changing shell

2003-08-28 Thread Jerry McAllister
> > What about the toor user? > I think it has no shell associated. > > Hope that helps. bye. > > -- > Hi, > > i wanted to change the shell for user root to bash. > in the freebsd online handbook i found this command: Don't set a password on the real root account or lo

Re: no root login after changing shell

2003-08-28 Thread Todd Stephens
On Wednesday 27 August 2003 10:24 pm, m wrote: > What about the toor user? > I think it has no shell associated. > > Hope that helps. bye. > Unless he has already changed toor's password (which a lot of people don't even know about) he won't be able to log in as toor. This is my newbie unders

Re: no root login after changing shell

2003-08-28 Thread m
What about the toor user? I think it has no shell associated. Hope that helps. bye. -- Hi, i wanted to change the shell for user root to bash. in the freebsd online handbook i found this command: ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mail

Re: no root login after changing shell

2003-08-27 Thread David Landgren
thomas may wrote: Hi, i wanted to change the shell for user root to bash. This is not a good idea. You don't want to use a shell on a partition other than / (e.g. /usr, /usr/local) for root. If those partitions, or shared libraries like libc, get trashed, you are in a world of pain. Much better

Re: no root login after changing shell

2003-08-27 Thread Mike Hogsett
> > i wanted to change the shell for user root to bash. > > in the freebsd online handbook i found this command: > > > > # echo "/usr/local/bin/bash" >> /etc/shells > > > > > > but what i didnt know at this moment, that i have to install bash > > before. > > so i logged of as user root and get

Re: no root login after changing shell

2003-08-27 Thread Markie
- Original Message - From: "Charles Howse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'thomas may'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 4:57 PM Subject: RE: no root login after changing shell > i wanted to chang

RE: no root login after changing shell

2003-08-27 Thread Charles Howse
> i wanted to change the shell for user root to bash. > in the freebsd online handbook i found this command: > > # echo "/usr/local/bin/bash" >> /etc/shells > > > but what i didnt know at this moment, that i have to install bash > before. > so i logged of as user root and get now on login the fo

no root login after changing shell

2003-08-27 Thread thomas may
Hi, i wanted to change the shell for user root to bash. in the freebsd online handbook i found this command: # echo "/usr/local/bin/bash" >> /etc/shells but what i didnt know at this moment, that i have to install bash before. so i logged of as user root and get now on login the following error