hi ;
Right now my default shell on our school system is :
/bin/ksh

but i want to change it to another shell. There is also bash shell installed in the system as : /bin/bash

So, how can I change my default shell to bash shell? Or maybe any other shell?

the command you want is "chsh", but you might not have the requisite permissions to change it, depending on the system or the local policy.

You could also just change your .profile to execute /bin/bash if chsh doesn't work.

Once changing your shell with `chsh' ensure you `su' to yourself to see if the changes are successful. Otherwise you mat find yourself locked out.

i never knew about chsh. i always just edited /etc/passwd

yeah, but you can not edit that file unless you have administrator privilage.

By the way, chsh command is not recognized by my system...

If you're using solaris passwd -e will change your login shell. Which OS are you using?

Cheers
ZB

this is the message I get when I login to the system :

Sun Microsystems Inc.   SunOS 5.9       Generic May 2002