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CHSH(1) | User Commands | CHSH(1) |
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.
chsh is used to change local entries only. Use ypchsh, lchsh or any other implementation for non-local entries.
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.
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.
EXIT STATUS¶
Returns 0 if operation was successful, 1 if operation failed or command syntax was not valid.
SEE ALSO¶
AUTHOR¶
Salvatore Valente <svalente@mit.edu>
AVAILABILITY¶
The chsh command is part of the util-linux package and is available from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.
July 2009 | util-linux |