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02-13-2003, 10:40 PM	#1
fessin LQ Newbie Registered: Feb 2003 Posts: 2 Rep:	How to change default root shell Is there anyway to change the default shell that root uses on Redhat 8.0? I would like root to use tcsh instead of bash.

02-13-2003, 10:54 PM	#2
trickykid LQ Guru Registered: Jan 2001 Posts: 24,149 Rep:	chsh or edit your /etc/passwd file to reflect what shell you want to use at login.

02-13-2003, 11:25 PM	#3
fessin LQ Newbie Registered: Feb 2003 Posts: 2 Original Poster Rep:	Thanks trickykid!

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