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26-01-2007, 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

Change the user login shell to /bin/ksh for foo user

Code:

chsh -s /bin/ksh foo
chsh -s /bin/bash username

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