How to make zsh in byobu to be a login shell?

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Long story short, I have a zsh setup, and I am using gnome terminal. I recently installed Byobu and enabled it.

Now when I start a new terminal and Byobu comes up, my shell is not a login shell.

I tried set -g as suggested in a different question, but it did not help.

Have you tried either chsh or editing the /etc/passwd file to use zsh for your user? — Davide, Aug 18 '15 at 14:04
What is the value of the SHELL environment value? I recommend setting that. — Dustin Kirkland, Aug 18 '15 at 15:15

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 04 '17 at 04:30

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Add to ~.byobu/.tmux.conf:

set -g default-shell /bin/zsh
set -g default-command /bin/zsh

If using tmux as backend, else .screenrc.

Source.

answered Oct 04 '17 at 04:30

Pablo Bianchi

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 27 '15 at 08:30

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I was searching for the the same answer and finally I succeed by define ZSH as my default SH :
not sure those command was useful but just in case

# set -g default-shell /usr/bin/zsh
# set -g default-command /usr/bin/zsh

and after I installed byobu :

# sudo apt-get install byobu -y

and enable it into a ZSH session with the command :

# byobu-enable

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Byobu

answered Nov 27 '15 at 08:30

JOduMonT

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I changed from bash to zsh when I already had byobu enabled, but after switching I just needed to run byobu-enable. I have not run the set -g commands and it still works. – HackerBaloo Jan 14 '22 at 06:13

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 20 '20 at 15:00

I know this was answered five years ago, but it turns out there's a simpler way to set ZSH as your default shell in byobu. Per this Launchpad question, if you simply rename/remove the .byobu folder, it will create a new one based on the shell you're currently using.

The provided commands are:

mkdir $HOME/byobu_backup
mv $HOME/.screenrc $HOME/.byobu $HOME/byobu_backup

How to make zsh in byobu to be a login shell?

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