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CHSH(1)                       User Commands                      CHSH(1)

NAME         top

       chsh - change your login shell

SYNOPSIS         top

       chsh [-s shell] [-l] [-h] [-v] [username]

DESCRIPTION         top

       chsh is used to change your login shell.  If a shell is not given
       on the command line, chsh prompts for one.

       chsh supports non-local entries (kerberos, LDAP, etc.) if linked
       with libuser, otherwise use ypchsh, lchsh or any other
       implementation for non-local entries.

OPTIONS         top

       -s, --shell shell
              Specify your login shell.

       -l, --list-shells
              Print the list of shells listed in /etc/shells and exit.

       -h, --help
              Display help text and exit.

       -v, --version
              Display version information and exit.

VALID SHELLS         top

       chsh will accept the full pathname of any executable file on the
       system.

       The default behavior for non-root users is to accept only shells
       listed in the /etc/shells file, and issue a warning for root
       user.  It can also be configured at compile-time to only issue a
       warning for all users.

EXIT STATUS         top

       Returns 0 if operation was successful, 1 if operation failed or
       command syntax was not valid.

AUTHORS         top

       Salvatore Valente <svalente@mit.edu>

SEE ALSO         top

       login(1), login.defs(5), passwd(5), shells(5)

AVAILABILITY         top

       The chsh command is part of the util-linux package and is
       available from
       https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.

COLOPHON         top

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util-linux                      July 2014                        CHSH(1)

Pages that refer to this page: chfn(1),  chfn(1@@shadow-utils),  intro(1),  passwd(5),  shells(5),  groupadd(8),  groupdel(8),  groupmems(8),  groupmod(8),  useradd(8),  userdel(8),  usermod(8)

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