bash not available in chsh list 1

[yiannos]

Hi all,

I have installed bash shell through IBM's downloaded RPM file using SMItty. Though the Shell is working when I call as in:

prompt>bash
bash-2.05a#

I cannot see it in the list when I chsh in order to change a user's shell?

Have I done something wrong in the installation or otherwise?

TIA

Yiannos

 

[bi]

You need to add the path to bash in /etc/shells. You may have to boot the system for it to recognize the additional shell.

 

[yiannos]

Bi,

1st of all thanks for your reply.

I did what u said - edited /etc/shells, put bash in there (full path) and did a reboot during the weekend. Still, bash does not come up in a chsh list.

Any ideas?

P.S. The path for bash is correct in /etc/shells

TIA

Yiannos

 

[donttreadonme]

Valid shells are defined in /etc/security/login.cfg.

 

[yiannos]

SUCCESS!

You were absolutely right. I did the change and it worked.

Just for the tidiness of things: does the edit of the /etc/shells have to be there too? Or should I re-edit it to its original form?

Thanks for everything

Yiannos

 

[donttreadonme]

AIX doesn't use /etc/shells that I know of.

I believe it is there for to keep the BSD-style intact, much the same way you could forgo errlogging and use the BSD method, if you wanted to.