Re: Changing user login shell to new bash release

[Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev]

the chfn is the same as editing the /etc/passwd way, i only know that

about #!, u only need that if u have a script in $PATH and wanna spawn it
'normally' by typing it
then it gets used
if u . in bashrc or bash file that bash gets used

check if your distro has other trees with newer versions
5.1.8 is old

On Wed, Oct 13, 2021, 04:19 Khan Smith <khansmith@mail.com> wrote:

>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 13, 2021 at 2:05 AM
> *From:* "Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev" <fxmbsw7@gmail.com>
> *To:* "Khan Smith" <khansmith@mail.com>
> *Cc:* "help-bash" <help-bash@gnu.org>
> *Subject:* Re: Changing user login shell to new bash release
> well
> i dont say root, i say user
> but, old versions as u see are no good
>
> most scripts are
> #!/bin/bash
>
> that static path
> so look that that gets updated
>
> I would agree with that.  Old versions are no good.  Would need a few more
> years
> for distributions to pick up.  What would you say about the chsh route?
>
> Have thought about changing scripts to #!/usr/local/bin/bash but I am
> sourcing from
> my .bashrc so I have the functionality available on the console.
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 13, 2021, 04:03 Khan Smith <khansmith@mail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 13, 2021 at 1:54 AM
> > *From:* "Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev" <fxmbsw7@gmail.com>
> > *To:* "Khan Smith" <khansmith@mail.com>
> > *Cc:* "help-bash" <help-bash@gnu.org>
> > *Subject:* Re: Changing user login shell to new bash release
> > look in /etc/passwd if the new path really gets used
> > or anyway on #! scripts u may only want /bin/bash
> >
> > so
> >
> > mv /bin/bash{,.bak1} ; cp /usr/local/bin/bash /bin
> >
> >
> > I never, ever change the root account's shell to be something other than
> > the system default.
> > If ever something goes wrong on my system that results in root's shell
> > being unavailable for
> > some reason, you've pretty much got a dead system at that point.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 13, 2021, 02:06 Khan Smith <khansmith@mail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > I have system (Trisquel 9.0) with Bash Version 4.4.20. Have installed
> > > Bash 5.1.8 using
> > >
> > > cd build
> > > ../../../src/bash/bash-5.1.8/configure
> > > make
> > > sudo make install
> > >
> > > "which bash" is giving "/usr/local/bin/bash" and doing
> > >
> > > "/usr/local/bin/bash --version"
> > >
> > > gives
> > >
> > > GNU bash, version 5.1.8(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
> > >
> > > To change my login I will be doing
> > >
> > > 1. Add /usr/local/bin/bash to the file /etc/shells"
> > > 2. Execute as myself the command "chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash"
> > >
> > > Would the procedure be correct to do?
> > >
> >
>