Re: How do I make 5.8 the login shell???

[Frank Gallacher <franxg@gmail.com>]

Thanx Lawrence (and TJ)! (It worked...)

On 11/7/20, 4:29 pm, "Lawrence Velázquez" <vq@larryv.me> wrote:

    > On Jul 11, 2020, at 1:18 AM, TJ Luoma <luomat@gmail.com> wrote:
    > 
    > First, you **must** add /usr/local/bin/zsh to /etc/shells
    > 
    > You can do this by typing:
    > 
    > sudo pico /etc/shells
    > 
    > and then pasting the line in, and then saving the file (control+X and then
    > control+Y)
    > 
    > Second, use `chsh -s` to change your login shell by entering this in
    > Terminal:
    > 
    > chsh -s /usr/local/bin/zsh
    > 
    > You will be prompted to enter your Mac's login password.

    As far as chpass/chsh is concerned, if you already have sudo access
    you can just do

    	sudo chsh -s /usr/local/bin/zsh $USER

    without modifying /etc/shells. Granted, skipping that part might
    have other implications that I'm unaware of.

    vq