On 10/10/2012 04:43 PM, Nux! wrote: > On 10.10.2012 19:52, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: >>> >>> I have loked in/etc/profile.d and /etc/bashrc and I cannot see what >>> condition is triggering the different behaviour. >> >> I'd guess whether there's a ~/.bashrc. I've got mine set the way I >> want >> it; I don't remember a ~/.bashrc being automagically created for new >> users. > > New users' homedirs are populated from /etc/skell if you use useradd, > which do contain a .bashrc (and more). > Another way (there is ALWAYS another way!) to do this for new accounts is to modify the /etc/default/useradd file and set the SHELL= line to use the shell you want. The unaltered file on my C6.3 box contains "SHELL=/bin/bash". Of course, that doesn't help on existing accounts. YMMV -- Jay Leafey - jay.leafey at mindless.com Memphis, TN