SSH Shell – Choosing the Shell for SSH

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How do I set the shell that is used when a user SSHs to a server. For example I can't stand BASH and need to use ZSH, how do I make it so ZSH is loaded along with my profile (.zsh_profile) when I ssh to the machine.

I dont want to have to pass a bunch of parameters with ssh either, can't I set the default shell?

Best Answer

If you can't change your default shell, ssh -t user@host 'zsh -l' works.

The -t flag forces a pseudo-tty allocation, and the -l flag spawns a login shell.

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