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How to Start a Shell as Login shell instead of ordinary shell
Hi
I tried with bash --login option. but the output is siva:~$ bash --login siva:~$ is there any way to make the shell ask for user id and password ( and login as different user instead of using sudo / su ) Thx in advance Siva 
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06-30-2008
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/etc/passwd has an entry for your login shell. You should not edit /etc/passwd, rather start by reading the man page for passwd for your system. Some systems support something with syntax like
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passwd -e /bin/someshell
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07-01-2008
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chsh might work on some systems
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