NAME
chsh - change your login shell
SYNOPSIS
chsh [-s shell] [-l] [-h] [-V] [username|UID]
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(1), lchsh(1) or any other implementation for non-local entries.
OPTIONS
- -s, --shell shell
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Specify your login shell.
- -l, --list-shells
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Print the list of shells listed in /etc/shells and exit.
- -h, --help
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Display help text and exit. (Short option -h is used since version 2.30; older versions used the now-deprecated -u).
- -V, --version
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Display version and exit. (Short option -V is used since version 2.39; older versions used the now-deprecated -v).
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 <[email protected]>
SEE ALSO
REPORTING BUGS
For bug reports, use the issue tracker <https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues>.
AVAILABILITY
The chsh command is part of the util-linux package which can be downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>.