Changing the default shell to a different shell type
The available shells for the PerkinsMac are
/bin/bash
/bin/csh
/bin/ksh
/bin/sh
/bin/tcsh
/bin/zsh
To change a users shell from the default on the command line use
saturn:~ taylor$ /usr/bin/sudo dscl . -create /users/taylor shell /bin/tcsh
Example
[saturn:~] taylor% finger obs72 Login: obs72 Name: Perkins Observer Directory: /Users/obs72 Shell: /bin/bash On since Wed May 10 12:51 (MST) on ttyp1, idle 11:48 No Mail. No Plan. [saturn:~] taylor% [saturn:~] taylor% /usr/bin/sudo dscl . -create /users/obs72 shell /bin/tcsh [saturn:~] taylor% [saturn:~] taylor% finger obs72 Login: obs72 Name: Perkins Observer Directory: /Users/obs72 Shell: /bin/tcsh On since Wed May 10 12:51 (MST) on ttyp1, idle 11:50 No Mail. No Plan. [saturn:~] taylor%
-- Main.BrianWTaylor - 11 May 2006
