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Re: Cygwin64 ignoring /etc/passwd shell field?

From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>
To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 22:55:11 +0100
Subject: Re: Cygwin64 ignoring /etc/passwd shell field?
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On Feb 25 13:52, Jim Burwell wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've noticed after installing an update the Cygwin64 appears to ignore
> the contents of the shell field in /etc/passwd.  I normally run
> /bin/tcsh as my shell, and changing this field used to result in any new
> login shells running tcsh.  Now it just runs bash regardless.
> 
> Has something changed?

No.  Works for me.  Do you start `mintty -'?


Corinna

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