On Thu, 18 Nov 2004, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Nov 2004, kynn wrote:
>
> > I have changed the login shell info for my username in /etc/passwd
> > from /bin/bash to /usr/bin/zsh, and when I login, the SHELL
> > environment variable reflects this change, but even after restarting
> > the machine, my login shell is still /bin/bash.
> >
> > What must I do to have /usr/bin/zsh be the default shell?
>
> What exactly do you mean by "login"? If you connect to your machine
> remotely via inetd or sshd, the /etc/passwd entry should be honored. If
> you mean "clicking on the Cygwin icon", that launches the batch file
> /Cygwin.bat, which has the shell (bash) hard-coded in it. If you want it
> to launch a different shell, simply edit the batch file.
Alternatively, run the command 'mkzsh --desktop' from a bash shell and
it'll create an icon for running zsh on your desktop.
> Igor
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