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1.TH CHSH 1 "1 Feb 1988" "Project Athena"
2\" RCSID: $HeadURL: svn+ssh://svn.mit.edu/moira/trunk/moira/man/chsh.1 $ $Id: chsh.1 3982 2010-02-16 21:15:17Z zacheiss $
3.SH NAME
4chsh \- change user login shell
5.SH SYNOPSIS
6.B chsh
7[
8.BI \-u
9|
10.BI \-w
11] [
12.BI \-s
13.I shell
14] [
15.BI \-db
16.I host:port
17]
18[ username ]
19.SH DESCRIPTION
20This command changes the login shell associated with
21.IR username
22(your own name by default).
23While you can specify any program as a command interpreter, be
24cautious about specifying a program that won't let you change your
25login shell to something else (i.e., a noninteractive program like
26"date").
27.PP
28When invoked,
29.B chsh
30displays the current shell, and prompts for the new one unless the
31.BI \-s
32option has been specified.
33.PP
34If invoked with the
35.BI \-w
36option, chsh will change the user's Windows shell instead of their
37UNIX shell.  The default behavior is to change the user's UNIX shell,
38and the
39.BI \-u
40option is provided to explicitly select this behavior.
41
42The actual change will take place following the next Hesiod update
43from Moira, which generally occurs within three hours.
44Users may only change their own information unless they are
45Moira database administrators.
46.SH AUTHOR
47Emanuel 'Jay' Berkenbilt
48.SH "SEE ALSO"
49moira(1),
50Moira section of the Project Athena Technical Plan
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