Changing Shells on a Domain

Problem:  Linux box on Windows domain does not allow the user to set the shell with chsh -s /bin/zsh (or whichever shell).  There are no errors, it just doesn't work.  Using root, nothing happens either, using chsh -s /bin/zsh user.name to set it for the user gives the error user 'user.name' does not exist in /etc/passwd.  You could probably go into the passwd file and make it work but a suitable way is to add to .bashrc

export SHELL=/bin/zsh
exec /bin/zsh -l

This redirects the shell to zsh but also allows you to type "exit" to leave the terminal - not just return to bash.

*NOTE:  this should also work if the user does not have root access - like on a shared computer

OpenFOAM on Domain Computer

Problem: OpenFOAM does not work linux machine added to a Windows domain.  When you source OpenFOAM bashrc file, it overwrites the PATH so no terminal commands are recognized (ls, sudo, etc.)

Solution:
cd /opt/openfoam4/etc (or whichever version is installed)

sudo vim bashrc

comment line 153:
# cleaned=`$foamClean "$PATH" "$foamOldDirs"` && PATH="$cleaned"

save and quit (:wq)

For some reason, this line destroys the path when the machine is on the domain.  This is not a problem for machines not on a domain.


*NOTE: for zsh shell, there may be an error stating that "-t" flag is not recognized, if so:

sudo vim config.sh/aliases

delete the "-t" from line 73

the line should read:
[ "$(type wmRefresh)" = "alias" ] && unalias wmRefresh || unset wmRefresh