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Ubuntu: Change default Shell to Bash

January 13th, 2011 | by admin |

Bash is a POSIX shell with a number of extensions and was initially released on 7th June 1989!

I just had a strange experience with a 3rd party server running Ubuntu Linux 10.04.1 LTS using some weird featureless Shell. Normally you would expect to see Bash running by default in Ubuntu. I put up with it for a few sessions then realized it’s just too plain annoying…

Run this command:

chsh -s /bin/bash <username>

And it changes your default shell to Bash. Log out and log back in again and you will be using Bash right away! No more crappy shell – just good old Bash!

Read more on Bash at their official website – http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/bash.html

4 Responses to “Ubuntu: Change default Shell to Bash”

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admin Says:
May 7th, 2012 at 3:57 pm
Hi Tom,

Thanks, very useful!

Dan
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Tom Harrison Says:
May 4th, 2012 at 1:57 pm
Thank you. I googled this and got a bunch of overly complex answers. This one worked for me.

Also, if you’re creating users (I am a luddite and still use useradd) command to force bash shell (and -m to create home dir) is
useradd -c “Joe User” -m -s /bin/bash joeuser
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admin Says:
January 13th, 2011 at 4:14 pm
Hi mate,

You can use Bash on Windows, see http://win-bash.sourceforge.net/

It’s actually pretty good but still missing alot of Bash features…

Beer tonight?

Dan
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Gerald Says:
January 13th, 2011 at 3:52 pm
Damn I work with windhose