Re: I get tcsh at login; want zsh

["Mikael Magnusson" <mikachu@gmail.com>]

On 7/17/06, Russell Hoover <rj@panix.com> wrote:
>
>
> Admins recently made a change to a shell account of mine, after which
> I now no longer get my zsh prompt at login, I get a generic tcsh prompt.
>
> I then have to type 'zsh' to get my zsh environment as I have it set up.
> Also when I log out of zsh with 'bye', I get put back into the generic
> tcsh prompt and then have to type 'exit' to log off:
>
> nautilus%
> nautilus%
> nautilus% zsh
> [nautilus:~]+                                pts/1  Sunday  2006/07/16  19:09:38
> [nautilus:~]+ uname -a                       pts/1  Sunday  2006/07/16  19:09:41
> SunOS nautilus 5.7 Generic_106541-12 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-Enterprise
> [nautilus:~]+                                pts/1  Sunday  2006/07/16  19:09:47
> [nautilus:~]+                                pts/1  Sunday  2006/07/16  19:09:51
> [nautilus:~]+                                pts/1  Sunday  2006/07/16  19:09:52
> [nautilus:~]+ bye                            pts/1  Sunday  2006/07/16  19:09:52
> nautilus% exit
> logout
> Connection to shell.shore.net closed.
>
>
> (No changes were made to my own .zprofile, .zshenv or .zshrc.)
>
> I mentioned this to the admins but they're clueless and, though a few
> shell-account users remain on this ISP (Primushost, formerly shore.net),
> shell accounts are no longer supported.  Zsh is version 3.1.6.  I need
> this account for now and can't close it for awhile.
>
> What do I need to do to be able to log directly into and directly out
> of zsh?

Check what startup files are used by tcsh and put 'exec zsh' in it.

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Mikael Magnusson