Subject: Re: Changing default shell
To: None <tech-userlevel@netbsd.org>
From: Pavel Cahyna <pavel@netbsd.org>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 09/18/2006 19:42:41
On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 07:39:18PM +0200, Martin Husemann wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 06:34:46PM +0100, David Brownlee wrote:
> > 	Personally I use tcsh as my shell on ~all systems, but I'd be
> > 	happy for the default to be sh with 'set -o emacs' over csh...
> 
> What is "the default shell"?
> 
> Sysinst ask which shell to use for root, and when I add users I usually follow
> their personal preferences.

the default shell is the shell which useradd uses if you don't have an
usermgmt.conf file and don't use the -s option.

Pavel