CHSH

CHSH(1)                                                                CHSH(1)



NAME
       chsh - change login shell

SYNOPSIS
       chsh [-s login_shell] [user]

DESCRIPTION
       chsh  changes  the  user  login shell.  This determines the name of the
       user's initial login command.  A normal user may only change the  login
       shell  for  her  own account, the super user may change the login shell
       for any account.

       The only restrictions placed on the login shell  is  that  the  command
       name  must  be  listed in /etc/shells, unless the invoker is the super-
       user, and then any value may be added.  An account  with  a  restricted
       login  shell  may not change her login shell.  For this reason, placing
       /bin/rsh in /etc/shells is discouraged since accidentally changing to a
       restricted  shell  would prevent the user from every changing her login
       shell back to its original value.

       If the -s option is not selected, chsh operates in an interactive fash-
       ion,  prompting  the  user with the current login shell.  Enter the new
       value to change the shell, or leave the line blank to use  the  current
       one.  The current shell is displayed between a pair of [ ] marks.

FILES
       /etc/passwd - user account information
       /etc/shells - list of valid login shells

SEE ALSO
       chfn(1), passwd(5)

AUTHOR
       Julianne Frances Haugh <jockgrrl AT ix.com>



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