update-shells - update the list of valid login shells
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Description
update-shells locates the shells provided by packages from /usr/share/debianutils/shells.d and updates /etc/shells with newly added or removed shells. To track changes made by the administrator, it consults a state file in /var/lib/shells.state.
Files
/etc/shells/var/lib/shells.state/usr/share/debianutils/shells.d
Name
update-shells - update the list of valid login shells
Options
--no-act
Do not actually perform the changes to /etc/shells.--rootROOT
Operate on a chroot at ROOT. Defaults to the value of the environment variable DPKG_ROOT.--verbose
Print the shells that are being added or removed.
See Also
shells(5) 28 Jun 2021 UPDATE-SHELLS(8)
Synopsis
update-shells [options]
