I've used bash shell in all my Linuxes and in Mac OS X. I understand that tcsh is the default shell in FreeBSD. If I were to install bash, how would I make it my default shell?
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1Should we distinguish between the root user and a non-root user?– Jeff Schaller ♦Feb 16, 2019 at 15:37
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I haven't voted on the question, but it might be worth noting whether you're aware of the chsh / chpass command or not.– Jeff Schaller ♦Feb 16, 2019 at 15:50
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As with most things, if you read the documentation in the Handbook, you'd have your answer.– RobFeb 17, 2019 at 12:51
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Changing one's login shell is covered by The FreeBSD Handbook, in the chapter called Shells. It also points to a chapter called Installing Applications: Packages and Ports that will tell you what you need to know for installing bash (installing bash from a FreeBSD package would automatically update /etc/shells).
The steps involved, assuming an otherwise properly set up FreeBSD system, could probably be summarised into
sudo pkg install bash
chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash
answered Feb 16, 2019 at 16:09
There is also the pw utility.
pw usermod <user> -s /usr/local/bin/bash
