CHSH
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: July 2014
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NAME
chsh - change your login shell
SYNOPSIS
chsh
[
-s
shell]
[
-l]
[
-h]
[
-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
supports non-local entries (kerberos, LDAP, etc.) if linked with libuser,
otherwise 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.
- -h, --help
-
Display help text and exit.
- -v, --version
-
Display version information and exit.
VALID SHELLS
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
Returns 0 if operation was successful, 1 if operation failed or command syntax was not valid.
AUTHORS
Salvatore Valente <
svalente@mit.edu>
SEE ALSO
login(1),
login.defs(5),
passwd(5),
shells(5)
AVAILABILITY
The chsh command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.