Re: Changing user login shell to new bash release

[Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev]

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

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?
> >
>