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Operating Systems OS X (Apple) Changing Default Shell Post 302297791 by frozentin on Sunday 15th of March 2009 01:40:37 PM
Old 03-15-2009
This works with Mac OS X 10.4.11:

Quote:
[~] # niutil -read / /users/frozentin|grep "shell"
shell: /bin/bash <--- I removed this below
[~] #
[~] # niutil -destroyval / /users/frozentin "shell" "/bin/bash" <---- this is the value of "shell" from above command
[~] # echo $?
0
[~] # niutil -insertval / /users/frozentin "shell" "/bin/ksh" 0 <---- Here "0" is the index. You want a known good shell at "0".
[~] # echo $?
0
[~] # niutil -read / /users/frozentin|grep "shell"
shell: /bin/ksh
[~] #
Take a look at these search results: http://www.google.com/search?q=niutil+-createprop+.

Take a look at this link: How do I change my default shell in Mac OS X Panther from tcsh to bash? :: Free Tech Support from Ask Dave Taylor!

Advise from Apple Support: http://support.apple.com/kb/TA27005?viewlocale=en_US

Another, from MacOSHints: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.p...20213084259198

Last edited by frozentin; 03-15-2009 at 03:15 PM.. Reason: Added niutil commands.
 

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COMMAND-NOT-FOUND(1)					    http://en.opensuse.org/Sco					      COMMAND-NOT-FOUND(1)

NAME
command-not-found - A command-not-found handler SYNOPSIS
command-not-found {binary_name} {repository} ARGUMENTS
The following arguments are required: binary_name The name of binary you are looking for. repository The name of repository for search. For most cases, use zypp DESCRIPTION
command-not-found handler is designed to tell users which package contains a missing command. The handler is integrated to bash(1) and zsh(1) shells and is not necessary to call it directly. Just type a name of the command in your favourite shell and you'll get a result. If you consider c-n-f handler useless, just add unset command_not_found_handle to your profile or remove the command-not-found package. Handler doesn't call the command-not-found binary directly, it only prints info about it. If you want to invoke it automatically, just add export COMMAND_NOT_FOUND_AUTO=1 to your bash profile. EXAMPLE
: NORMAL USAGE For example you want to try blender, because you have heard that is an amazing program. So just type blender in shell: $ blender You get the following output: The program 'blender' can be found in the following package: * blender [ path: /usr/bin/blender, repository: zypp (openSUSE 11.1-0) ] Try installing with: sudo zypper install blender bash: blender: command not found SEE ALSO
scout(1) AUTHOR
Pavol Rusnak <stick@gk2.sk> Developer http://gitorious.org/opensus 08/07/2009 COMMAND-NOT-FOUND(1)
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