shells - pathnames of valid login shells
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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.
Be aware that there are programs which consult this file to find out if a user is a normal user; for
example, FTP daemons traditionally disallow access to users with shells not included in this file.
Examples
/etc/shells may contain the following paths:
/bin/sh/bin/bash/bin/csh
Files
/etc/shells
Name
shells - pathnames of valid login shells
See Also
chsh(1), getusershell(3), pam_shells(8)
Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-05-02 shells(5)
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