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Cygwin64 ignoring /etc/passwd shell field?
- From: Jim Burwell <jimb at jsbc dot cc>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 13:52:50 -0800
- Subject: Cygwin64 ignoring /etc/passwd shell field?
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- References: <6f9492621546f3eeca905b6281314451 at mykolab dot ch> <530CAA5C dot 8060505 at cygwin dot com>
Hi,
I've noticed after installing an update the Cygwin64 appears to ignore
the contents of the shell field in /etc/passwd. I normally run
/bin/tcsh as my shell, and changing this field used to result in any new
login shells running tcsh. Now it just runs bash regardless.
Has something changed?
- Jim
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