On Fri, 7 Aug 1998, Liran Zvibel wrote: : On Thu, 6 Aug 1998, Doug Thistlethwaite wrote: : > Hello, : > : > What is the command that a user can use to change their default shells? I did : > it once long ago and have purged that part of my memory... : > : : You can edit the file /etc/passwd, the defauld shell for the user is the : last thing in the line. : I'm sure that there is a script that does it for you, but I like doing it : myself.
Uh, what about the case where a non-trusted user wants to change her shell? If you're going to let anyone edit /etc/passwd that's your business, but I think it's insanity :) `chsh' was invented so that a user who does not have root access may change their shell. See also `chfn', etc. -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sioux Falls, SD mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9) -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
