https://ngmarley.com/blog/tag/osx-terminal/Recent content in Osx-Terminal on ngmarley.comHugoen-usMon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000https://ngmarley.com/blog/osx-change-root-shell/Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000https://ngmarley.com/blog/osx-change-root-shell/<p>Or the default shell of any user for that matter. I don&rsquo;t know if this is recommended or not, but changing from /bin/sh to /bin/bash will enable tab-completion, and since I&rsquo;m a lazy admin that&rsquo;s what I&rsquo;ll do. (Plus, less keystrokes = longer hardware life for my keyboard.)</p> <p>This command will display the user&rsquo;s default shell (replace root with desired username):</p> <p><code>rivendell:~ root# dscl . -read /Users/root UserShell</code></p> <p>Now change the shell (in this case to /bin/bash):</p>