Choosing which shell starts when logging in remotely

Alotau · 10-19-2006, 07:12 PM

Hello,

I like to use the bash shell. When I login in via ssh to my school it opens using csh. I modified my .cshrc file to launch bash. I have a nice .bashrc file that does what I want. Isn't there a better way to make sure I just start in bash? I looked at the /etc/passwd file (as directed by some sites after my first round of searching) and the only 'users' are daemon things and root (I see root is set up to have bash start for him/her).

I can provide more information if it is helpful. Thanks in advance for any help...

vls · 10-19-2006, 07:30 PM

Try the chsh command next time you login. If that doesn't work you'll need to ask the sysadmin.

Alotau · 10-19-2006, 07:47 PM

Thanks! I tried chsh but was prompted to use ypchsh since I am not a local user. Looks like may have done the trick!

jstephens84 · 10-20-2006, 04:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alotau

Thanks! I tried chsh but was prompted to use ypchsh since I am not a local user. Looks like may have done the trick!

You are usally prompted to us ypchsh or yppassword when you are using NIS. That may be the cause of you having to use ypchsh instead of chsh(which changes a local users default shell)