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# 1  
Old 11-06-2006
how to change default shell in linux?
currently the default shell in my linux enviornemnt is ksh.

how to change the default shell to bash?

thanks!
# 2  
Old 11-06-2006
Try chsh

~John Arackal
# 3  
Old 11-06-2006
change the environment variable of your shell

export SHELL=/bin/bash

make this entry in the .kshrc and

$ . .kshrc
$ echo $SHELL
/bin/bash

you are now in bash shell
kamitsin
# 4  
Old 11-06-2006
Quote:
Originally Posted by kamitsin
change the environment variable of your shell

export SHELL=/bin/bash

make this entry in the .kshrc and

$ . .kshrc
$ echo $SHELL
/bin/bash

you are now in bash shell

That would be a very odd thing to do. Edit the line in /etc/passwd corresponding to the user for which you wish to change the shell. The last field is the login shell for the user.
# 5  
Old 11-06-2006
Agreed, but the user must have the root privelage to make the required changes in the /etc/passwd file.
kamitsin
# 6  
Old 11-07-2006
thank you all!

i tried ypchsh. it works.
# 7  
Old 11-07-2006
usermod -s /path/to/shell username
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