Fwd: Cygwin and zsh...

Peter A. Castro doctor@fruitbat.org
Fri Jul 8 17:01:00 GMT 2005


On Thu, 7 Jul 2005, Spack wrote:

> Thanks for your response...
>
>> Ok, so what are you expecting to find in /etc/shells and how does that
>> relate to you running your shell of choice?
>
> This file lists all available shells, no ?

But it has no baring on weither you can start your shell or not.  Only
some services actually look at /etc/shells.  Starting a shell from an
icon definitely does not.

> And I indeed start cygwin from the icon. I'll test mkzsh...

That should "solve" your problem.

-- 
Peter A. Castro <doctor@fruitbat.org> or <Peter.Castro@oracle.com>
 	"Cats are just autistic Dogs" -- Dr. Tony Attwood

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