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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
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type="guide"
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id="pref-login-shell">
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<info>
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<revision pkgversion="3.8" date="2013-03-03" status="review"/>
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<revision pkgversion="3.14" date="2014-09-08" status="review"/>
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<revision version="0.2" pkgversion="3.34" date="2020-01-04" status="review"/>
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<link type="guide" xref="index#preferences"/>
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<link type="guide" xref="pref#profile"/>
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<credit type="author copyright">
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<name>Sindhu S</name>
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<email>sindhus@live.in</email>
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<years>2013</years>
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</credit>
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<credit type="copyright editor">
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<name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
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<email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
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<years>2013-2014</years>
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</credit>
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<credit type="copyright editor">
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<name>Michael Hill</name>
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<email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
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<years>2013</years>
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</credit>
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<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
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<desc>Start a login shell in <app>Terminal</app>.</desc>
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</info>
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<title>Login shells</title>
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<p>Shells in UNIX based systems can be started up in login and non-login
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modes:</p>
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<terms>
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<item>
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<title>Login shell</title>
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<p>A login shell is a shell given to a user upon login into their user
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account. This is initiated by using the <cmd>-l</cmd> or
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<cmd>--login</cmd> option, or placing a dash as the initial character
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of the command name, for example invoking <cmd>bash</cmd> as
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<cmd>-bash</cmd>.</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<title>Sub shell</title>
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<p>Sub shell, also called a non-login shell is a shell started after
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the login process without the <cmd>-l</cmd> or <cmd>--login</cmd>
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option and without an extra dash before the command name.</p>
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</item>
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</terms>
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<p>The general cases for having a login shell include:</p>
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<list>
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<item>
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<p>Accessing your computer remotely using <app>ssh</app>.</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>Simulating an initial login shell with <cmd>bash -l</cmd> or
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<cmd>sh -l</cmd>.</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>Simulating an initial root login shell with <cmd>sudo -i</cmd>.</p>
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</item>
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</list>
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<section id="login-shell-howto">
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<title>Start a login shell</title>
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<p>You can allow <app>Terminal</app> to start a login shell. Your default
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shell will be started with a dash character prepended to its name.</p>
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<steps>
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<item>
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<p>Press the menu button in the top-right corner of the window and select
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<gui style="menuitem">Preferences</gui>.</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>In the sidebar, select your current profile in the <gui>Profiles</gui>
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section.</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>Select <gui style="tab">Command</gui>.</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<comment>
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<cite href="mailto:kittykat3756@gmail.com">Kat</cite>
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<p>TODO: test when this takes effect.</p>
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</comment>
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<p>Under the <gui>Command</gui> label, select
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<gui style="checkbox">Run command as a login shell</gui>.</p>
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</item>
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</steps>
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</section>
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</page>
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