NAME

chsh − change default login shell

SYNOPSIS

chsh name [shell]

DESCRIPTION

chsh is a command similar to passwd, but is used to change the login shell field of the password file rather than the password entry (see passwd(1)). shell, if given, must be an absolute path name. If the file /etc/shells exists, the new login shell must be listed in that file.  Otherwise one of the shells listed in the getusershell(3C) manual entry can be specified as the shell. If no shell is specified, the shell reverts to the default login shell /bin/sh. 

NETWORKING FEATURES

NFS

File /etc/passwd can be implemented as a Network Information Service database.  chsh can change /etc/passwd on the local system only. 

AUTHOR

chsh was developed by HP and the University of California, Berkeley. 

FILES

/etc/shells

SEE ALSO

csh(1), ksh(1), pam(1), passwd(1), sh(1), getusershell(3C), passwd(4), shells(4). 

Hewlett-Packard Company  —  HP-UX Release 9.0: August 1992