Changing SSH login shell

[t3ddyss]

Hello, is it possible to change Termux SSH login shell to Android's builtin /system/bin/sh? I've tried ssh user@host -t /system/bin/sh and a few other methods I found on SO, but Termux still uses /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/bash when I connect to my phone

[rompelhd]

[karl3wm]

ssh user@host -t /system/bin/sh as well as /bin/sh work fine for me. This could be a configuration problem on the failing device.

Run this for logs:
ssh user@host -v -t /system/bin/sh -v -x

[robertkirkman]

I wrote a tutorial how to do this here:

#24395 (comment)

It should be noted:

• The way I showed would affect everything in Termux, including the normal app entrypoint, as well as the SSH entrypoint
• This goal is an unusual goal, so I would not recommend this if you can find any way to make bash work for what you need, but if you absolutely must have /system/bin/sh then this is to demonstrate that it is possible

[t3ddyss]

Thank you, it worked

[robertkirkman]

Also, there is now a PR where candrew66 has fixed this problem so that it's easier to set the /system/bin/sh you wanted:

• fix(scripts/login.in): don't canonicalize symlink value termux-tools#179

if that PR is accepted, then you would be able to just use chsh -s /system/bin/sh