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SHELLS

NAME
DESCRIPTION
EXAMPLES
FILES
SEE ALSO

NAME

shells ? pathnames of valid login shells

DESCRIPTION

/etc/shells is a text file which contains the full pathnames of valid login shells. This file is consulted by chsh(1) and available to be queried by other programs.

EXAMPLES

/etc/shells may contain the following paths:

/bin/sh
/bin/csh

FILES

/etc/shells

SEE ALSO

chsh(1)


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