[plug] Telnet access

Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima tony at cantech.net.au
Mon Apr 17 09:11:34 WST 2000


On Sat, 15 Apr 2000, Daniel Pearson wrote:

> Just a quick question, once I've created a login, how do I change what the
> shell is set to? Do I just edit the /etc/passwd file, and then run something
> to make the new changes take effect?

Use  chsh, usermod or as you suggested edit /etc/passwd (vipw)

man -k "login shell"


Yours Tony.

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