change default shell
David Starks-Browning
starksb@ebi.ac.uk
Tue Jul 3 04:14:00 GMT 2001
On Tuesday 3 Jul 01, Sam C. writes:
> In linux, I could change the default shell to (say)
> tcsh by changing the /etc/passwd file.
>
> But I could not change the default shell to tcsh in
> cygwin by editing the /etc/passwd.
If you start Cygwin from the shortcut, then look at the shortcut
properties. You should be able to figure it out from there.
/etc/passwd is used by login/telnet/rlogin/ssh. Not by the shortcut.
(One for the FAQ perhaps?)
David
(Cygwin FAQ maintainer)
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