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I Can't Change my Default Interactive Shell from bash to zsh

By Jessica Wood •

Basically I want to change from bash to zsh so I ran the command

chsh -s /bin/zsh

It then asks me for my password to change the shell but when I enter it it says

chsh: no changes made

How do I proceed from here?

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Since changing your shell requires updating /etc/passwd, it must be done by root. Use

sudo chsh -s /bin/zsh $USER

Also make sure /bin/zsh is listed in /etc/shells.

Just in case, login (with the old, working shell) in a text terminal (Ctrl-Alt-F2) while you chsh and logout/login via the GUI, in case you need to fix something.

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