NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     shells - shell database

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The shells file contains a list of valid shells available on
the system.
     A  shell is a command line interpreter that reads user input
and executes
     commands.  For each shell a single line should  be  present,
consisting of
     the shell's path, relative to root.

     A hash mark (`#') indicates the beginning of a comment; subsequent characters
 up to the end of the line are not interpreted by  the
routines
     which search the file.  Blank lines are also ignored.

     The  chpass(1)  program  will  not  let regular users change
their default
     shell to one not listed in the  shells  file.   The  ftpd(8)
daemon denies
     access  to users who are not using one of the listed shells.

FILES    [Toc]    [Back]

     /etc/shells

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     chpass(1), login(1), getusershell(3), nologin(8)

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     The shells file format appeared in 4.3BSD-Tahoe.

OpenBSD      3.6                           June      5,      1993