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Update ksh .profile to launch bash

Hi
I don't have chsh option.
I want to launch bash instead of ksh ( or launch bash from ksh .profile)
how can I do this ?

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Instead of doing strange things with your .profile, just change your login shell. Depending on what your system is, this may be possible with usermod.

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