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changing shell type from sh to ksh
Could someone please advise, what's the best way to changing the shell type from sh to ksh.

When I login into a unix server it takes you directly to sh, is there a way of amending the .profile to use ksh instead. Or is there some other way ?
Ideally it would be good to be done from the login process.

Please could someone advise, regards
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The 'chsh' command will permanently change your default shell. The manpage will explain the syntax.

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Hi, I've just tried this and get the following error : chsh: not found
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What operating system?
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Is /usr/bin in your $PATH?
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