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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1993 Michael Haardt (michael@moria.de), |
| 2 | .\" Thu May 20 20:45:48 MET DST 1993 | |
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24 | .\" |
| 25 | .\" Modified Sat Jul 24 17:11:07 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) | |
| 26 | .\" Modified Sun Nov 21 10:49:38 1993 by Michael Haardt | |
| 27 | .\" Modified Sun Feb 26 15:09:15 1995 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) | |
| 1c6f59c2 | 28 | .TH SHELLS 5 2017-11-26 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual" |
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29 | .SH NAME |
| 30 | shells \- pathnames of valid login shells | |
| 31 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| 8478ee02 | 32 | .I /etc/shells |
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33 | is a text file which contains the full pathnames of valid login shells. |
| 34 | This file is consulted by | |
| 35 | .BR chsh (1) | |
| 36 | and available to be queried by other programs. | |
| 37 | .PP | |
| 38 | Be aware that there are programs which consult this file to | |
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39 | find out if a user is a normal user; |
| 40 | for example, | |
| 41 | FTP daemons traditionally | |
| fea681da | 42 | disallow access to users with shells not included in this file. |
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43 | .SH FILES |
| 44 | .I /etc/shells | |
| 9b336505 | 45 | .SH EXAMPLE |
| 8478ee02 | 46 | .I /etc/shells |
| fea681da | 47 | may contain the following paths: |
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48 | .PP |
| 49 | .in +4n | |
| 50 | .EX | |
| fea681da | 51 | .I /bin/sh |
| 2806f68e | 52 | .I /bin/bash |
| fea681da | 53 | .I /bin/csh |
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54 | .EE |
| 55 | .in | |
| 47297adb | 56 | .SH SEE ALSO |
| fea681da | 57 | .BR chsh (1), |
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58 | .BR getusershell (3), |
| 59 | .BR pam_shells (8) |