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.

1. Create a backup of your ~/.bashrc, as it will be replaced to start zsh and not do anything else

   cp ~/.bashrc ~/.bashrc.bak
   

2. Replace the content of ~/.bashrc with the following commands:

   if shopt -q login_shell; then
       export SHELL=/bin/zsh
       exec /bin/zsh
   fi
   

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