#rev 2020-10-22 bonaccos

= How can I have zsh as my default shell? =

Everybody on the system has to use `bash` as login shell, because this allows us to put a standard configuration into each account. This remains the default shell of a User.

But don't worry, it's no problem to change the shell for all further operations after the login if `zsh` is available on the system.

 1. Create a backup of your `~/.bashrc`, as it will be replaced to start `zsh` and not do anything else {{{#!highlight bash numbers=disable
cp ~/.bashrc ~/.bashrc.bak
}}}
 1. Replace the content of `~/.bashrc` with the following commands: {{{#!highlight bash numbers=disable
if [[ $- == *i* ]]; then
    # This is an interactive shell
    if [[ "${0}" == "-bash" || "${0}" == "bash" ]]; then
        # This is bash and a login or non-login shell
        if [[ -x /bin/zsh ]]; then
            # zsh is present and executable
            export SHELL=/bin/zsh
            exec /bin/zsh
        fi
    fi
fi
}}}
/!\ This only replaces `bash` with `zsh` for interactive shells, make sure you adapt your cronjobs and scripts yourself in case you want to use `zsh` there.
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