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1 | .\" |
| 2 | .\" chsh.1 -- change your login shell | |
| 3 | .\" (c) 1994 by salvatore valente <svalente@athena.mit.edu> | |
| 4 | .\" | |
| 5 | .\" this program is free software. you can redistribute it and | |
| 6 | .\" modify it under the terms of the gnu general public license. | |
| 7 | .\" there is no warranty. | |
| 8 | .\" | |
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9 | .\" $Author: faith $ |
| 10 | .\" $Revision: 1.1 $ | |
| 11 | .\" $Date: 1995/03/12 01:28:58 $ | |
| 6dbe3af9 | 12 | .\" |
| 5c36a0eb | 13 | .TH CHSH 1 "7 October 1998" "chsh" "Linux Reference Manual" |
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14 | .SH NAME |
| 15 | chsh \- change your login shell | |
| 16 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| 17 | .B chsh | |
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18 | .RB [ \-s |
| 19 | .IR shell ] | |
| 20 | .RB [ \-l ] | |
| 21 | .RB [ \-u ] | |
| 22 | .RB [ \-v ] | |
| 23 | .RI [ username ] | |
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24 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
| 25 | .B chsh | |
| 26 | is used to change your login shell. | |
| 27 | If a shell is not given on the command line, | |
| 28 | .B chsh | |
| 29 | prompts for one. | |
| 30 | .SS VALID SHELLS | |
| 31 | .B chsh | |
| 32 | will accept the full pathname of any executable file on the system. | |
| 33 | However, it will issue a warning if the shell is not listed in the | |
| 34 | .I /etc/shells | |
| 35 | file. | |
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36 | On the other hand, it can also be configured such that it will |
| 37 | only accept shells listed in this file, unless you are root. | |
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38 | .SH OPTIONS |
| 39 | .TP | |
| 2054a2b0 | 40 | .BI "\-s, \-\-shell " shell |
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41 | Specify your login shell. |
| 42 | .TP | |
| 2054a2b0 | 43 | .B "\-l, \-\-list-shells" |
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44 | Print the list of shells listed in |
| 45 | .I /etc/shells | |
| 46 | and exit. | |
| 47 | .TP | |
| 2054a2b0 | 48 | .B "\-u, \-\-help" |
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49 | Print a usage message and exit. |
| 50 | .TP | |
| 2054a2b0 | 51 | .B "-v, \-\-version" |
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52 | Print version information and exit. |
| 53 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | |
| 54 | .BR login (1), | |
| 55 | .BR passwd (5), | |
| 56 | .BR shells (5) | |
| 57 | .SH AUTHOR | |
| 58 | Salvatore Valente <svalente@mit.edu> | |
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59 | .SH AVAILABILITY |
| 60 | The chsh command is part of the util-linux-ng package and is available from | |
| 61 | ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/. |