How to Make CSH the default shell

intels_ss · 07-21-2005, 01:28 PM

How do I make the CSH the default shell instead of bash in Mandrake 10.1 ?

Thanks much.

phil.d.g · 07-21-2005, 01:33 PM

`man usermod`

Blinker_Fluid · 07-21-2005, 01:41 PM

or edit /etc/passwd and change to the correct shell...

intels_ss · 07-21-2005, 02:47 PM

each time I log in to the Konsole I'm defaulted to bash.

i ran the following per your advice:

userman -c csh mylogin_id

i then get this message
usermod: unable to unlock password file

so i then logged on as su, and tried again.

it appeared to have worked, but when I log out and then log back in it sticks me back in bash shell and I have to type 'csh' to get my .cshrc file to load.

ultimately i'd like to be able to login and have it automatically log into the csh and load my .cshrc file

urghhh.

phil.d.g · 07-21-2005, 03:19 PM

what does `cat /etc/passwd |grep youruserid` say, the last field normally defines your shell, it should say /bin/csh if usermod was successful.

If it still says /bin/bash then as root change it to /bin/csh, save, log out and log back in, I assume csh is in /bin.

toaster.waffle · 07-21-2005, 03:22 PM

i am not on a linux computer now, but you say you're running Konsole, which means you're in KDE, which means you have a program called kuser

open kuser, and I'm fairly sure you can set anything you need user-wise for any user on the system in there... SUCH AS DEFAULT SHELL

if not, slap me.