Change the shell of some user ???

[itrc55]

Hi Team,

i create user "ilink" with this home directory /comptel/ilink, i want this user go to other path "/usr/local/bin/bash" when i login with it without changing the home directory.

How  i can do it that ?

Thanks

[Torsten.]

"/usr/local/bin/bash" is likely a binary, not a directory. I don't see a reason for doing this, but consider to set the pwd in the users profile.

[itrc55]

Hi,

i want to change the user shell permanently to bash shell /usr/local/bin/bash for ilink user only

i  try to change user shell from /sbin/sh to bash in HP ux 11.31 bash location is /usr/local/bin/bash
i used smh but this shel is not available on the list

How i can do it that ??

Thanks

[Dennis Handly]

>I want to change the user shell permanently to bash shell /usr/local/bin/bash for ilink user only

You or that user can use chsh(1).

You may have to put that shell in /etc/shells.

[Torsten.]

Adjust the /etc/passwd file.

[itrc55 · Accepted solution]

Hi,



more /etc/shells
/etc/shells: No such file or directory



but i edit the /comptel/ilink/.profile and i add this lines



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. sas/.profile
/usr/local/bin/bash
stty erase "^?" kill "^U" intr "^C" eof "^D"

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And how to assign point on this new forums ?



Thanks

[Dennis Handly]

>/etc/shells: No such file or directory

You need to create this file and add the default shell and your new one.  See shells(4) and getusershell(3C).

>And how to assign point on this new forums ?

Click on the kudos star next to the replies.

http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Tips-and-Tricks/Kudos-what-where-how-and-why/m-p/4803621

[Hakki Aydin Ucar]

I believe the only thing to remember during a bash shell profile assignment , restrict yourself to give bash profile a superuser like root.

[Bill Hassell]

> ...added to profile...

   > . sas/.profile
   > /usr/local/bin/bash
   > stty erase "^?" kill "^U" intr "^C" eof "^D"

This is not a good way to change shells. The command chsh as mentioned above is designed to do exactly what you want and does not require root privileges. In the example above, the current shell will start a sub shell and the stty commands will only be run AFTER you exit from bash. Just remove the bash line and run this command:

   chsh myuser /usr/local/bin/bash

From now on, myuser will login and be given bash as their shell.

Note that /etc/shells does not normally exist. You create this file when you start using non-standard shells. The starting point for this file is found in the man page for getusershell, but you can just copy-paste this list and add /usr/local/bin/bash to the end:

/sbin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/ksh
/bin/false
/usr/bin/sh
/usr/bin/rsh
/usr/bin/ksh
/usr/bin/rksh
/usr/bin/csh
/usr/bin/rcsh
/usr/bin/keysh