how to change default shell in linux?

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

currently the default shell in my linux enviornemnt is ksh.

how to change the default shell to bash?

thanks!

2

Try chsh

~John Arackal

3

change the environment variable of your shell

export SHELL=/bin/bash

make this entry in the .kshrc and

$ . .kshrc
$ echo $SHELL
/bin/bash

you are now in bash shell

4

That would be a very odd thing to do. Edit the line in /etc/passwd corresponding to the user for which you wish to change the shell. The last field is the login shell for the user.

5

Agreed, but the user must have the root privelage to make the required changes in the /etc/passwd file.

6

thank you all!

i tried ypchsh. it works.

7

usermod -s /path/to/shell username

8

another way you can change desired shell if you have root permissions

Edit the /etc/passwd file
Just navigate your user accout in /etc/passwd file ( i took skanth user for ex.)

skanth:x:502:502::/home/anupl:/bin/bash

just change bash with csh or ksh ...etc..

rgds
sirkanth

9

my system is showing "command not found" for usermod and chsh , can you tell what i need to do if i want that command working.