Changing Shells

What's the trick to changing my shell? I'm doing exactly what the
FreeBSD Handbook says, but it doesn't work.

$ cat /etc/shells
# $FreeBSD: src/etc/shells,v 1.5 2000/04/27 21:58:46 ache Exp $
#
# List of acceptable shells for chpass(1).
# Ftpd will not allow users to connect who are not using
# one of these shells.

/bin/sh
/bin/csh
/bin/tcsh
/usr/local/bin/bash

$ chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash
Password:
chsh: entry inconsistent
chsh: pw_copy: Invalid argument
$

That's using my own password. If I use the root password, I get
"Permission denied".

I know bash is there because "exec bash" works.

In article ,
Duane A. Damiano wrote:
>
>
>What's the trick to changing my shell? I'm doing exactly what the
>FreeBSD Handbook says, but it doesn't work.
>
>$ cat /etc/shells
># $FreeBSD: src/etc/shells,v 1.5 2000/04/27 21:58:46 ache Exp $
>#
># List of acceptable shells for chpass(1).
># Ftpd will not allow users to connect who are not using
># one of these shells.
>
>/bin/sh
>/bin/csh
>/bin/tcsh
>/usr/local/bin/bash
>
>$ chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash
>Password:
>chsh: entry inconsistent
>chsh: pw_copy: Invalid argument
>$
>
>That's using my own password. If I use the root password, I get
>"Permission denied".
>
>I know bash is there because "exec bash" works.


Looks like there may be some corruption in your /etc/passwd or
/etc/master.passwd files.

Have you tried using chsh as some other user? Does it work?

--
Conrad J. Sabatier -- "In Unix veritas"