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# 8  
Old 06-27-2004
usermod -s <the shell desired by you> username
can help you if only you have admin rights
# 9  
Old 06-27-2004
ok, i figured out another way :
I put a /bin/bash statement at the beginning of the .profile file, so each time I login to system my shell is bash shell. However, it does not recognize my other aliases and some other statements in the same file anymore...

And, the OS is Solaris 9.
# 10  
Old 06-28-2004
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However, it does not recognize my other aliases and some other statements in the same file anymore...
That's because the file (.profile) is only read by your login shell, not the bash shell you launch from .profile. You can place your aliases, functions, etc, in $HOME/.bashrc.

Cheers
ZB
# 11  
Old 06-28-2004
Quote:
Originally posted by milhan
ok, i figured out another way...
Is that b/c you actually read all of the first reply to your question? Smilie
# 12  
Old 06-28-2004
Quote:
Originally posted by zazzybob
That's because the file (.profile) is only read by your login shell, not the bash shell you launch from .profile. You can place your aliases, functions, etc, in $HOME/.bashrc.

Cheers
ZB

or put

/bin/bash -l

causing bash to be started as a login shell. it will read from .profile now.
# 13  
Old 06-28-2004
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Originally posted by norsk hedensk
or put

/bin/bash -l

causing bash to be started as a login shell. it will read from .profile now.
Doesn't that cause infinite recursion?
# 14  
Old 06-28-2004
Quote:
Originally posted by anarchie
Doesn't that cause infinite recursion?
Not infinite. Eventually you would not be able to fork.

I would create a .bash_profile file first. If that file exists, bash will read it and ignore .profile. Then I would run "bash -l" by hand to be sure that this looked good. Finally I would add:
exec /bin/bash -l
into my .profile. By using exec, no fork will occur. ksh will simply overlay itself with bash.
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