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Old 06-21-2010, 02:28 PM   #1
karlochacon
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changing shell???


hi guys

I have a user that has been used for long time now that runs o C Shell...

now there is a need to change it to Bash Shell?

Can I cause a problem changing his shell from C to bash?
I mean apps or variables?

thanks a lot

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Old 06-21-2010, 02:52 PM   #2
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Hi,

there should be no problems in changing the login shell for a user. This only changes the interface of the workstation/pc to the user, noting else. No well-written program/script depends on the shell it is called from, because the shell is just the same as any other program (you can even set vi as the login-shell). Eventually some user specific startup scripts need rewriting ...

I hope this helps.
 
Old 06-21-2010, 02:58 PM   #3
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Bourne shells and C-shells use different configuration files when invoked, so that the user have to write again its preferences/customizations in the proper place ($HOME/.bashrc and $HOME/.bash_profile in this case) using a different syntax. Shell scripts should not be a problem as long as he/she's used to put the proper sha-bang in the first line. Binary executables should work as expected (eventually they might depend on some user-defined environment variables, that have to be assigned in the aforementioned configuration files ). HTH

Edit: he he.. beaten by irmin. Too slow typing at this almost night time!

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