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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2004-11-03 13:51:07 +0000 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2004-11-03 13:51:07 +0000 |
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diff --git a/man5/shells.5 b/man5/shells.5 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..cd7d091cb --- /dev/null +++ b/man5/shells.5 @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1993 Michael Haardt (michael@moria.de), Thu May 20 20:45:48 MET DST 1993 +.\" +.\" This is free documentation; you can redistribute it and/or +.\" modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as +.\" published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of +.\" the License, or (at your option) any later version. +.\" +.\" The GNU General Public License's references to "object code" +.\" and "executables" are to be interpreted as the output of any +.\" document formatting or typesetting system, including +.\" intermediate and printed output. +.\" +.\" This manual is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +.\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +.\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +.\" GNU General Public License for more details. +.\" +.\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public +.\" License along with this manual; if not, write to the Free +.\" Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, +.\" USA. +.\" +.\" Modified Sat Jul 24 17:11:07 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) +.\" Modified Sun Nov 21 10:49:38 1993 by Michael Haardt +.\" Modified Sun Feb 26 15:09:15 1995 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) +.TH SHELLS 5 1993-11-21 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.SH NAME +shells \- pathnames of valid login shells +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B /etc/shells +is a text file which contains the full pathnames of valid login shells. +This file is consulted by +.BR chsh (1) +and available to be queried by other programs. +.PP +Be aware that there are programs which consult this file to +find out if a user is a normal user. E.g.: ftp daemons traditionally +disallow access to users with shells not included in this file. +.SH EXAMPLES +.B /etc/shells +may contain the following paths: +.sp +.RS +.I /bin/sh +.br +.I /bin/csh +.RE +.SH FILES +.I /etc/shells +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR chsh (1), +.BR getusershell (3) |