11-13-2002
In Mandrake, use the command (at the command line of course) "chsh".
In MacOSX, it's a little more complicated...
You have to change it in NetInfo Manager. Go to "Macintosh HD/Applications/Utilities/NetInfo Manager" (as an admin), select "/", "users", your user ID. In the bottom pane, select the "shell" attribute, click the lock in the bottom-hand corner and enter the admin password. Edit the shell attribute to point the full path to your shell (/bin/bash is a common one, unless you've installed ksh...).
If you want to be thorough, and use the same shell in single user mode (if you hold down command-s while booting), you have to edit the files /etc/passwd and /etc/master.passwd. An easy way to do this is with the pico editor using Terminal.app. In the terminal, do:
sudo pico /etc/passwd
and
sudo pico /etc/master.passwd
Find your username, and on the last line, you'll have to change your shell manually from /bin/csh to whatever you want (/bin/bash, etc...). You can use the chsh commandin MacOSX, but it doesn't update both files.
Let me know if you have any questions.
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CHSH(1) User Commands CHSH(1)
NAME
chsh - change login shell
SYNOPSIS
chsh [options] [LOGIN]
DESCRIPTION
The chsh command changes the user login shell. This determines the name of the user's initial login command. A normal user may only change
the login shell for her own account; the superuser may change the login shell for any account.
OPTIONS
The options which apply to the chsh command are:
-h, --help
Display help message and exit.
-R, --root CHROOT_DIR
Apply changes in the CHROOT_DIR directory and use the configuration files from the CHROOT_DIR directory.
-s, --shell SHELL
The name of the user's new login shell. Setting this field to blank causes the system to select the default login shell.
If the -s option is not selected, chsh operates in an interactive fashion, prompting the user with the current login shell. Enter the new
value to change the shell, or leave the line blank to use the current one. The current shell is displayed between a pair of [ ] marks.
NOTE
The only restriction placed on the login shell is that the command name must be listed in /etc/shells, unless the invoker is the superuser,
and then any value may be added. An account with a restricted login shell may not change her login shell. For this reason, placing /bin/rsh
in /etc/shells is discouraged since accidentally changing to a restricted shell would prevent the user from ever changing her login shell
back to its original value.
FILES
/etc/passwd
User account information.
/etc/shells
List of valid login shells.
/etc/login.defs
Shadow password suite configuration.
SEE ALSO
chfn(1), login.defs(5), passwd(5).
shadow-utils 4.5 01/25/2018 CHSH(1)