NAME

chsh - change your login shell

SYNOPSIS

chsh [-s shell] [-l] [-u] [-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 is used to change local entries only. 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.
-u, --help: Print a usage message and exit.
-v, --version: Print version information and exit.

VALID SHELLS

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 /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.

EXIT STATUS

Returns 0 if operation was successful, 1 if operation failed or command syntax was not valid.

AUTHOR

Salvatore Valente <svalente@mit.edu>

AVAILABILITY

The chsh command is part of the util-linux package and is available from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.