| .\" |
| .\" 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. |
| .\" |
| .TH CHSH 1 "July 2014" "util-linux" "User Commands" |
| .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. |
| |
| .B chsh |
| supports non-local entries (kerberos, LDAP, etc.\&) if linked with libuser, |
| otherwise use \fBypchsh\fR, \fBlchsh\fR or any other implementation for |
| non-local entries. |
| .SH OPTIONS |
| .TP |
| .BR \-s , " \-\-shell " \fIshell |
| Specify your login shell. |
| .TP |
| .BR \-l , " \-\-list\-shells" |
| Print the list of shells listed in |
| .I /etc/shells |
| and exit. |
| .TP |
| .BR \-u , " \-\-help" |
| Display help text and exit. |
| .TP |
| .BR \-v , " \-\-version" |
| Display version information and exit. |
| .SH "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 "EXIT STATUS" |
| Returns 0 if operation was successful, 1 if operation failed or command syntax was not valid. |
| .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 package and is available from |
| ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/. |
