| .\" |
| .\" chsh.1 -- change your login shell |
| .\" (c) 1994 by salvatore valente <svalente@athena.mit.edu> |
| .\" |
| .\" this program is free software. you can redistribute it and |
| .\" modify it under the terms of the gnu general public license. |
| .\" there is no warranty. |
| .\" |
| .\" $Author: faith $ |
| .\" $Revision: 1.1 $ |
| .\" $Date: 1995/03/12 01:28:58 $ |
| .\" |
| .TH CHSH 1 "7 October 1998" "chsh" "Linux Reference Manual" |
| .SH NAME |
| chsh \- change your login shell |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B chsh |
| .RB [ \-s |
| .IR shell ] |
| .RB [ \-l ] |
| .RB [ \-u ] |
| .RB [ \-v ] |
| .RI [ username ] |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| .B chsh |
| is used to change your login shell. |
| If a shell is not given on the command line, |
| .B chsh |
| prompts for one. |
| .SS VALID SHELLS |
| .B chsh |
| will accept the full pathname of any executable file on the system. |
| However, it will issue a warning if the shell is not listed in the |
| .I /etc/shells |
| file. |
| On the other hand, it can also be configured such that it will |
| only accept shells listed in this file, unless you are root. |
| .SH OPTIONS |
| .TP |
| .BI "\-s, \-\-shell " shell |
| Specify your login shell. |
| .TP |
| .B "\-l, \-\-list-shells" |
| Print the list of shells listed in |
| .I /etc/shells |
| and exit. |
| .TP |
| .B "\-u, \-\-help" |
| Print a usage message and exit. |
| .TP |
| .B "-v, \-\-version" |
| Print version information and exit. |
| .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| .BR login (1), |
| .BR passwd (5), |
| .BR shells (5) |
| .SH AUTHOR |
| Salvatore Valente <svalente@mit.edu> |
| .SH AVAILABILITY |
| The chsh command is part of the util-linux-ng package and is available from |
| ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/. |
