[wplug] ssh and shell in Mac OS X

Mark Dalrymple wplug at badgertronics.com
Wed Nov 6 16:29:03 EST 2002


> I can ssh into my Mac machine but it provides me with the default tcsh
> shell.
> I want to use bash.

You'll need to use NetInfo Manager.   Go to Applications : Utilities, run
NetInfo Manager, choose 'users', choose yourself, then edit the shell entry.

There's a snazzy way to do it from the command line, but I haven't taken the
time to learn it yet.

Cheers,
++Mark Dalrymple, markd at badgertronics.com.  http://badgertronics.com
  "Nobody likes to admit that more people have been sickened, wounded,
   and slaughtered by cars, trucks, and buses than in all the wars of the
   twentieth century." -- David Perry



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