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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1993 Michael Haardt (michael@moria.de), Thu May 20 20:45:48 MET DST 1993 |
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| 23 | .\" Modified Sat Jul 24 17:11:07 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) | |
| 24 | .\" Modified Sun Nov 21 10:49:38 1993 by Michael Haardt | |
| 25 | .\" Modified Sun Feb 26 15:09:15 1995 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) | |
| 26 | .TH SHELLS 5 1993-11-21 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual" | |
| 27 | .SH NAME | |
| 28 | shells \- pathnames of valid login shells | |
| 29 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| 8478ee02 | 30 | .I /etc/shells |
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31 | is a text file which contains the full pathnames of valid login shells. |
| 32 | This file is consulted by | |
| 33 | .BR chsh (1) | |
| 34 | and available to be queried by other programs. | |
| 35 | .PP | |
| 36 | Be aware that there are programs which consult this file to | |
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37 | find out if a user is a normal user. |
| 38 | E.g.: ftp daemons traditionally | |
| fea681da | 39 | disallow access to users with shells not included in this file. |
| 9b336505 | 40 | .SH EXAMPLE |
| 8478ee02 | 41 | .I /etc/shells |
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42 | may contain the following paths: |
| 43 | .sp | |
| 44 | .RS | |
| 45 | .I /bin/sh | |
| 46 | .br | |
| 47 | .I /bin/csh | |
| 48 | .RE | |
| 49 | .SH FILES | |
| 50 | .I /etc/shells | |
| 51 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | |
| 52 | .BR chsh (1), | |
| 53 | .BR getusershell (3) |