chsh(1)                                                             chsh(1)

NAME
     chsh - change default login shell

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/ucb/chsh name [shell]

DESCRIPTION
     chsh is a command similar to passwd(1), except that it is used to
     change the login shell field of the password file rather than the
     password entry.

     If no shell is specified, or the standard login shell /sbin/sh is
     specified, no shell will be entered in /etc/passwd. The standard shell
     will be used the next time the user logs in.

     You can only specify

     -  /bin/csh

     -  /bin/ksh

     -  /bin/sh

     -  /usr/bin/csh

     -  /usr/bin/ksh

     -  /usr/bin/sh

     as the shell, unless you are the super-user.

     An example use of this command would be

          chsh bill /bin/csh

     If a field in the /etc/passwd file is corrupt, processing will be ter-
     minated without copying the rest of the passwd file. If this happens,
     a message is printed and the system administrator should be contacted.
     The administrator can look at the temporary file /etc/ptmp to see what
     the last good record was, fix the bad record in /etc/opasswd, and copy
     it to /etc/passwd.

SEE ALSO
     passwd(1), passmgmt(1M), passwd(4).











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