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6 chsh - change your login shell
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9 chsh [-s shell] [-l] [-h] [-v] [username]
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12 chsh is used to change your login shell. If a shell is not given on the
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15 chsh supports non-local entries (kerberos, LDAP, etc.) if linked with
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20 -s, --shell shell
21 Specify your login shell.
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23 -l, --list-shells
24 Print the list of shells listed in /etc/shells and exit.
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26 -h, --help
27 Display help text and exit.
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30 Display version information and exit.
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33 chsh will accept the full pathname of any executable file on the
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36 The default behavior for non-root users is to accept only shells listed
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45 Salvatore Valente <svalente@mit.edu>
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48 login(1), login.defs(5), passwd(5), shells(5)
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55 The chsh command is part of the util-linux package which can be
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