changing the $SHELL variable

desperado · 2018-10-17 16:38:21

I've shifted from bash to zsh recently using the chsh command, once on the root user account and once on the account which I use for daily purpose. Yet $SHELL shows /bin/bash. How do I change this?

Also, how do I change the default shell of all users at once?

WorMzy · 2018-10-17 16:47:02

What command exactly did you run? Have you logged out and back in since?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … ault_shell

Setting the default shell depends on what you use to create accounts. 'useradd' for instance reads /etc/default/useradd, where SHELL is defined.

desperado · 2018-10-17 17:25:15

You're right. I stayed logged in for the whole day.

Also Gilgamesh, I used the same command "chsh -s /bin/zsh"

I've read that zsh resides in /usr/bin/ for Ubuntu. So why is it showing as well when you list all available shells using "chsh -l" ?

seth · 2018-10-17 22:09:11

I've read that zsh resides in /usr/bin/ for Ubuntu.

Do you use ubuntu?

"chsh -l" essentially just prints /etc/shells

qinohe · 2018-10-18 00:52:12

desperado wrote:

I've read that zsh resides in /usr/bin/ for Ubuntu. So why is it showing as well when you list all available shells using "chsh -l" ?

I guess you mean /bin being a symbolic link(symlink) to /usr/bin (see) https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fr … 8FHS.29.3F

As to why they both show up: https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/pack … ckages/zsh

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#1 2018-10-17 16:38:21

changing the $SHELL variable

#2 2018-10-17 16:47:02

Re: changing the $SHELL variable

#3 2018-10-17 17:25:15

Re: changing the $SHELL variable

#4 2018-10-17 22:09:11

Re: changing the $SHELL variable

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Re: changing the $SHELL variable

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