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Post subject: How to change user login shell to bash in Linux | Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2015 11:37 am

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How to change user login shell to bash in Linux

Newly created users in Debian and Centos Linux will have the default shell "sh" as seen below:

Code:

$ echo $SHELL
/bin/sh

Only root user or a sudo enabled non-root user will be able to change shells. The Linux command to change a user's login shell is "chsh".

Code:

# chsh -s /bin/bash MYUSER

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