[kelesh]

Hey, I like tcsh more than bash. I told terminal to run /bin/tcsh when it starts up, and sure enough tcsh starts, but when I run screen:

[powerbook:~] kelesh% screen

it gives me bash prompts:

powerbook:~ kelesh$

how do I make tcsh the default shell?

[oooohan]

You can change your default shell in Netinfo Manager.

[proton]

Use chsh to change your shell. You'll end up in a vi window ready to edit your shell details, you might want to set EDITOR to something else if you're not comfortable with vi.

Try env EDITOR="/usr/bin/pico" chsh for example.

- proton

[kelesh]

grrrr... i changed my shell, and it shows changed in both chsh and in netinfo manager, but starting screen still brings up bash.... what's going on here?

[utidjian]

Originally posted by kelesh:
grrrr... i changed my shell, and it shows changed in both chsh and in netinfo manager, but starting screen still brings up bash.... what's going on here?

Hmm.. wierd. Look at your dotfiles in your home folder.

ls -a

I am not sure that tcsh requires one but often there is a .profile or .login file or whatever and that could be setting or re-setting your shell for you. All of those files should be plain text. Also look at /etc/shells. /bin/tcsh must be in that list of allowable shells.

[rkt]

Originally posted by kelesh:
grrrr... i changed my shell, and it shows changed in both chsh and in netinfo manager, but starting screen still brings up bash.... what's going on here?

there's usually a line in the file ~/.screenrc that tells screen which shell to use when starting new instances...

mine reads:
shell -$SHELL

(ie. create a new login shell each time)

if it read:
shell -/bin/bash

...you'll get a bash shell, no matter what the default shell on your account is.

[Wevah]

What about Terminal -> Preferences ?

[kelesh]

Originally posted by Wevah:
What about Terminal -> Preferences ?

yeah that's what i changed first to get tcsh instead of bash, and it works, except when i start screen it gives me bash prompts.

utidjian: no such files for me

rkt: THANKS!! adding that line to my .screenrc did the trick.

still no idea why it was running bash before... but at least it does what i want now :/

[Boondoggle]

i don't have a ~/.screenrc file

[Wevah]

Originally posted by Boondoggle:
i don't have a ~/.screenrc file

...Make one!

[suthercd]

Did you logout/login after making the changes to Netinfo?

Craig

[monodromy]

"grrrr... i changed my shell, and it shows changed in both chsh and in netinfo manager, but starting screen still brings up bash.... what's going on here?"

I had the same experience. Changing the
shell in Terminal Preferences solved the
problem.