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Old 07-20-2006
Setting the shell
How can I make my default shell to be bash?

I tried adding:
/bin/bash

to my .profile, but that had no effect. What did I do wrong?

Thanks!
# 2  
Old 07-20-2006
Try running the chsh command. That will allow you to change your shell. However, not all systems have this command. If you dont, you will have to ask your sysadmin to change your default shell for you.

Adding /bin/bash to the .profile will execute the shell, but won't make it your default shell.
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Old 07-20-2006
Just edit /etc/passwd with vi, look for your username and change the default shell to /bin/bash. :wq and you're done. Smilie
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Old 07-20-2006
On a lot of systems the passwd command is used to change the login shell.
 
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