If you haven't already done so, edit the file /etc/shells and add a line
with the full path to tcsh.

BTW, if you'd used the version in the pkgsrc tree, it would already have
done this for you!  :)

On Wed, 14 Jan 1998, Andrew Diller wrote:

> I have tcsh on my 1.3alpha machine, and the database system on NetBSD
> dosen't like it.
> 
> Exactly what database is this?
> 
> I get these errors when adding new users (and specifiying tcsh):
> 
> pwd_mkdb: warning, unknown root shell
> 
> Also, these users cannot ftp into their accounts.
> 
> How can I let NetBSD know that tcsh is an OK shell to use?
> 
> -andrew Diller
> 
> 
> 

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