On Fri Oct  4 22:41:02 1996, Gerard Cornu wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have installed tcsh 6.06 on NetBSD 1.2 (Amiga) as per its
> readme file, but I can't make it become 'my' shell!
> 
> I have changed the shell in /etc/passwd and master.passwd to

NEVER every think about to edit this files with an editor.
USE vipw to change it.

> /usr/local/bin/tcsh, I have also added /usr/local/bin to 
> the path in my ~/.profile and ~/.cshrc files. I know there is 
> something else to do but I can't remember what. (I was using 
> tcsh 6.05 on NetBSD 1.1!).

You need to put /usr/local/bin/tcsh to /etc/shells,

BUT you can't login if /usr/local/bin is not available. So make a static
tcsh and copy it to /bin.

Bernd