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A shell, also called "the command line", provides the traditional user interface for the Unix operating system and for Unix-like systems. Users direct the operation of the computer by entering command input as text for a shell to execute. |
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!!Which Shell am I Using? |
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* echo $SHELL |
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!!Change A Users Login Shell |
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Note : A normal user can only change their own login shell, whereas the super user can change the login shell for any user account. |
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The syntax is : |
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*chsh -s /path/to/shell/ ~[user_account~] |
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So If I am a superuser and I want the login shell for user account 'staz' to be sh then I would type: |
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*shsh -s /bin/sh staz |
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Keep in mind a normal user can only change their login shell to one that is listed in ''/etc/shells''. |
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!!/etc/shells |
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This file contains the full pathname of valid login shells. An Example of its contents is shown below. |
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<verbatim> |
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/bin/csh |
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/bin/sh |
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/usr/bin/es |
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/usr/bin/ksh |
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/bin/ksh |
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/usr/bin/rc |
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/usr/bin/tcsh |
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/bin/tcsh |
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/usr/bin/esh |
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/bin/dash |
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/usr/bin/screen |
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/bin/bash |
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/bin/rbash |
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</verbatim> |
