Changing login shell?

Sorry for the stupid question, but I've been unable to figure this out. How do I change my login shell from bash to csh? Under linux I'd just edit /etc/passwd, but I don't think that's quite right under OS X (I don't even see my username listed in passwd).
What's the "correct" way to change the login shell?
Thanks,
Dave

/Applications/Utilities/NetInfo Manager- Open the NetInfo Manager application. Select users in the middle column. Select your user name in the right column. Click the lock at the bottom of the window and enter your admin password. Under Property click on shell property then click were it list /bin/bash. Change the value to /bin/csh or /bin/tcsh (csh is tcsh in OS X). Click the lock to save the changes. Log out then log back in and your shell will change.

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Part of my pam.conf:
other password required pam_dhkeys.so.1 debug
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[SOLVED]Why does .bash_profile seem tobe read in non-login shells too?

~/.bash_profile:
. $HOME/.bashrc
~/.bashrc:
export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/code/shell
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(I have no ~/.profile, ~/.bash_login or * ~/.bash_logout. I have also never edited /etc/profile or /etc/bash.bashrc.)
I've read that in a login shell (e.g. TTY1) only the former is read, which in my case sources the latter. Running "export -p" in TTY1 gives a result consistent with this:
declare -x PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/bin/core_perl:/home/lazar/code/shell" (/home/lazar/code/shell is only listed once)
I've also read that in a non-login shell (e.g. xterm) only the latter is read. However, when I run "export -p" in xterm or urxvt I get an unexpected result:
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This implies that ~.bashrc is read twice, perhaps because .bash_profile is read in non-login shells too, even though it shouldn't be, should it? It doesn't seem to matter really, but I can't help but wonder why...
[EDIT]
I've found the answer. Exports from .bash_profile are done at boot time and *remain* active while X is active. Opening a non-login shell will cause .bashrc to export as well. Hence the duplication. My solution:
~/.bash_profile:
export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/code/shell
. $HOME/.bashrc
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Last edited by Lazar (2011-02-14 07:57:56)

As I wondered, I think it's a problem with passwd. I don't have a dbus entry and must have missed it when I was copying things around between my version and the .pacnew. Downloading an install disc now since I can't seem to change it from the recovery console due to mounting root read-only.
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How to modify default value of Login Shell attribute via script

Hi all,
I'm configuring the "UNIX Attributes" tab here in Active Directory Users and Computers. I've noticed that on the Login Shell option it has a default value: /bin/sh. So I had manually changed it to: /bin/bash. I just change this value one
bu one manually. Now, I want to change this value for all users via script. Could you please help me to receive this goal?
Thank you in advance.

Use Get-AdUser / Set-AdObject
Get-AdUser -Filter * | Set-AdObject -Replace @{unixhomedirectory='/bin/sh','bin/bash'} -WhatIf
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Xlsh - eXtended Login Shell

Hello!
I'm new to Arch bbs, though I've been using Arch for quite some time now. So well... hi everyone!
Recently I wrote a small program for myself and I feel that more people could benefit from it - so I'm sharing.
xlsh is a simple login shell with readline functionality and PAM integration.
When run stand-alone on a virtual console it can replace the standard "login" program.
When run in cooperation with X daemon component (xlshd) it can replace XDM/GDM/KDM.
Features:
Small and simple, written entirely in C.
Easily hackable because of compact codebase (~1000 source lines).
Uses PAM for authorization and session management.
Ability to select non-default shell/window manager during logon.
Entirely keyboard driven display manager replacement (when used with xlshd) without the need for any fat libraries or GUI toolkits.
Defaults configured before compilation, some of them can be changed by setting few environment variables.
Single shell script file (/etc/xlsh/xlshrc) for customizing how xlshd launches xlsh.
Introduces a concept of "pre-login shell" known from GNU/HURD.
Only three important commands: 'login', 'reboot' and 'shutdown'.
New commands can be easily added (if you need any) by editing xlsh.c
Username autocompletion on TAB.
Zenburn color scheme by default (when run under X).
So that's it. I grew tired of xdm/gdm/kdm so I rolled out my own solution. I currently run it on all my ttys and as X login manager. Shell-like keyboard only interaction is very comfortable and simple Zenburn colorscheme fits very well into my Awesome WM look & feel (which is also Zenburn).
AUR package (xlsh-git): http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=53520
Source code: https://github.com/Nadrin/xlsh
Project wiki: https://github.com/Nadrin/xlsh/wiki
Screenshot: https://github.com/Nadrin/xlsh/wiki/Screenshots
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env (xlsh)
LCLIMPORTDIR=/usr/share/splint/imports
XDG_DATA_HOME=/home/irtigor/.local/share
TERM=rxvt-unicode-256color
SHELL=/bin/zsh
XDG_SESSION_COOKIE=8c19aa75e1df23394088ae2f00001baa-1320498024.774424-1546763611
GTK2_RC_FILES=/home/irtigor/.gtkrc-2.0
LC_NUMERIC=
ANT_HOME=/usr/share/java/apache-ant
USER=irtigor
LARCH_PATH=/usr/share/splint/lib
MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH=/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/etc/xdg:/etc/xdg
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/share/java/apache-ant/bin:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl:/home/irtigor/.rvm/bin
LC_MESSAGES=
HG=/usr/bin/hg
_=/usr/bin/env
LC_COLLATE=
PWD=/home/irtigor
JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHLVL=3
HOME=/home/irtigor
XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/home/irtigor/.config
XDG_CACHE_HOME=/home/irtigor/.cache
LOGNAME=irtigor
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-JT1g91p7nx,guid=9befacf8c90efc2782fc6ccf0000001c
XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/share/:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/:/usr/local/share/
J2SDKDIR=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk
LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
DISPLAY=:0
J2REDIR=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre
LC_TIME=
G_BROKEN_FILENAMES=1
WINDOWID=10485770
COLORFGBG=default;default;0
TERMINFO=/usr/share/terminfo
COLORTERM=yes
OLDPWD=/home/irtigor
AUTOJUMP_DATA_DIR=/home/irtigor/.local/share/autojump
EDITOR=vim
PAGER=less
MAIL=/var/mail/irtigor
LS_COLORS=rs=0:di=01;34:ln=01;36:mh=00:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:su=37;41:sg=30;43:ca=30;41:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.lzma=01;31:*.tlz=01;31:*.txz=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.dz=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.lz=01;31:*.xz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.tbz=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.war=01;31:*.ear=01;31:*.sar=01;31:*.rar=01;31:*.ace=01;31:*.zoo=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.7z=01;31:*.rz=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.svg=01;35:*.svgz=01;35:*.mng=01;35:*.pcx=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.m2v=01;35:*.mkv=01;35:*.webm=01;35:*.ogm=01;35:*.mp4=01;35:*.m4v=01;35:*.mp4v=01;35:*.vob=01;35:*.qt=01;35:*.nuv=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.asf=01;35:*.rm=01;35:*.rmvb=01;35:*.flc=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.flv=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.yuv=01;35:*.cgm=01;35:*.emf=01;35:*.axv=01;35:*.anx=01;35:*.ogv=01;35:*.ogx=01;35:*.aac=00;36:*.au=00;36:*.flac=00;36:*.mid=00;36:*.midi=00;36:*.mka=00;36:*.mp3=00;36:*.mpc=00;36:*.ogg=00;36:*.ra=00;36:*.wav=00;36:*.axa=00;36:*.oga=00;36:*.spx=00;36:*.xspf=00;36:
LESS_TERMCAP_mb=[01;31m
LESS_TERMCAP_md=[01;31m
LESS_TERMCAP_me=[0m
LESS_TERMCAP_se=[0m
LESS_TERMCAP_so=[01;44;33m
LESS_TERMCAP_ue=[0m
LESS_TERMCAP_us=[01;32m
BROWSER=firefox
DISABLE_AUTO_UPDATE=true
GREP_OPTIONS=--color=auto
GREP_COLOR=1;32
LSCOLORS=Gxfxcxdxbxegedabagacad
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Session1:
unix-user = '1000'
realname = '(null)'
seat = 'Seat2'
session-type = ''
active = FALSE
x11-display = ':0'
x11-display-device = '/dev/tty3'
display-device = ''
remote-host-name = ''
is-local = FALSE
on-since = '2011-11-05T12:39:44.074206Z'
login-session-id = '4294967295'
env (slim)
LCLIMPORTDIR=/usr/share/splint/imports
XDG_DATA_HOME=/home/irtigor/.local/share
SHELL=/bin/zsh
TERM=rxvt-unicode-256color
XDG_SESSION_COOKIE=8c19aa75e1df23394088ae2f00001baa-1320498147.998816-1602302550
GTK2_RC_FILES=/home/irtigor/.gtkrc-2.0
LC_NUMERIC=
ANT_HOME=/usr/share/java/apache-ant
USER=irtigor
LARCH_PATH=/usr/share/splint/lib
MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH=/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/etc/xdg:/etc/xdg
MAIL=/var/mail/irtigor
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/share/java/apache-ant/bin:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl:/home/irtigor/.rvm/bin
LC_MESSAGES=
HG=/usr/bin/hg
_=/usr/bin/env
LC_COLLATE=
PWD=/home/irtigor
JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk
EDITOR=vim
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHLVL=2
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XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/home/irtigor/.config
XDG_CACHE_HOME=/home/irtigor/.cache
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XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/share/:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/:/usr/local/share/
J2SDKDIR=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk
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LESS_TERMCAP_mb=[01;31m
LESS_TERMCAP_md=[01;31m
LESS_TERMCAP_me=[0m
LESS_TERMCAP_se=[0m
LESS_TERMCAP_so=[01;44;33m
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active = TRUE
x11-display = ':0.0'
x11-display-device = '/dev/tty3'
display-device = ''
remote-host-name = ''
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[edit: added a missing verb. Note to self: Don't post when you are tired]
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-- mod edit: read the Forum Etiquette and only post thumbnails http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/For … s_and_Code [jwr] --

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