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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.
The syntax is :
-*chsh -s /path/to/shell/ [user_account]
+*chsh -s /path/to/shell/ ~
[user_account~
]
-So If I am a superuser and I want the login shell for user account 'staz' to be [
sh]
then I would type:
+So If I am a superuser and I want the login shell for user account 'staz' to be sh then I would type:
*shsh -s /bin/sh staz
Keep in mind a normal user can only change their login shell to one that is listed in ''/etc/shells''.
