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How to change the login shell for Linux user
This is a discussion on How to change the login shell for Linux user within the Getting started tutorials forums, part of the Linux Getting Started category; Use chsh command to change the user login shell. This determines the name of the user's initial login command. A ...
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01-26-2007, 07:20 PM
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How to change the login shell for Linux user
Use chsh command to change the user login shell. This determines the name of the user's initial login command. A normal user may only change the login shell for her own account, the super user may change the login shell for any account.
Display list of shell Code:
less /etc/shells cat /etc/shells more /etc/shells Code:
chsh -s /bin/ksh foo chsh -s /bin/bash username 
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