CHSH
Section: Linux Reference Manual (1)
Updated: 7 October 1998
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NAME
chsh - change your login shell
SYNOPSIS
chsh
[-s
shell]
[-l]
[-u]
[-v]
[username]
DESCRIPTION
chsh
is used to change your login shell.
If a shell is not given on the command line,
chsh
prompts for one.
VALID SHELLS
chsh
will accept the full pathname of any executable file on the system.
However, it will issue a warning if the shell is not listed in the
/etc/shells
file.
On the other hand, it can also be configured such that it will
only accept shells listed in this file, unless you are root.
OPTIONS
- -s, --shell shell
-
Specify your login shell.
- -l, --list-shells
-
Print the list of shells listed in
/etc/shells
and exit.
- -u, --help
-
Print a usage message and exit.
- -v, --version
-
Print version information and exit.
SEE ALSO
login(1),
passwd(5),
shells(5)
AUTHOR
Salvatore Valente <svalente@mit.edu>
AVAILABILITY
The chsh command is part of the util-linux-ng package and is available from
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/.