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How can I change shell in Ubuntu?
I have a Ubuntu Server VPS and I want to use /bin/bash/ as my shell. How can I change my shell? I have root access but I don't work as root. So dash is my default shell now.
I have read How do I make ...
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Ubuntu: Accidentally changed root user to nonexistent shell
I tried to change my user's shell, but used "sudo chsh", and changed the root shell to "bash" instead of "/bin/bash". Now when I try to change it I get "chsh: PAM authentication failed" and it seems ...
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What chsh did when I type `chsh -s SHELL` and how to go back to previous SHELL?
I have mistakenly setting my user login shell to some unknown directory:([1].
Now, I can't login to this user.
Every time I try to ssh, it always failed as if I enter the wrong password.
I try to ...
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Mac Terminal: changed my shell, now can't start it
I installed bash 4.0 via MacPorts, then used sudo chsh -s /opt/local/bin/bash my_user to change my shell.
Before that I tried just running plain chsh without sudo, but it wouldn't allow me to change ...
