chsh - Man Page

• Change the current user's login shell interactively: chsh
• Change the login shell for a given user to Zsh: chsh --shell /bin/zsh username
• List available shells: chsh --list-shells

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chsh [-s shell] [-l] [-h] [-v] [username]

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.

-s,  --shell shell

Specify your login shell.

-l,  --list-shells

Print the list of shells listed in /etc/shells and exit.

-h,  --help

Display help text and exit.

-v,  --version

Display version information and exit.

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.

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

Salvatore Valente

login(1), login.defs(5), passwd(5), shells(5)

For bug reports, use the issue tracker at https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues.

The chsh command is part of the util-linux package which can be downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive.

chfn(1), dash(1), groupadd(8), groupdel(8), groupmems(8), groupmod(8), intro(1), passwd(5), shells(5), useradd(8), userdel(8), userhelper(8), usermod(8), yppasswd(1).