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.TH CHSH 1 "1 Feb 1988" "Project Athena"
\" RCSID: $Header$
.SH NAME
chsh \- change user login shell
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B chsh
[
.BI \-u
|
.BI \-w
] [
.BI \-db
.I host:port
]
[ username ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
This command changes the login shell associated with
.IR username
(your own name by default).
While you can specify any program as a command interpreter, be
cautious about specifying a program that won't let you change your
login shell to something else (i.e., a noninteractive program like
"date").
.PP
When invoked,
.B chsh
displays the current shell, and prompts for the new one.
.PP
If invoked with the 
.BI \-w 
option, chsh will change the user's Windows shell instead of their
UNIX shell.  The default behavior is to change the user's UNIX shell,
and the 
.BI \-u
option is provided to explicitly select this behavior.

The actual change will take place overnight.
Users may only change their own information unless they are
Moira database administrators.
.SH AUTHOR
Emanuel 'Jay' Berkenbilt
.SH "SEE ALSO"
moira(1),
Moira section of the Project Athena Technical Plan
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76ca8a03	1	.TH CHSH 1 "1 Feb 1988" "Project Athena"
	2	\" RCSID: $Header$
	3	.SH NAME
	4	chsh \- change user login shell
	5	.SH SYNOPSIS
	6	.B chsh
de9a9988	7	[
	8	.BI \-u
	9	\|
	10	.BI \-w
	11	] [
	12	.BI \-db
	13	.I host:port
	14	]
76ca8a03	15	[ username ]
	16	.SH DESCRIPTION
	17	This command changes the login shell associated with
	18	.IR username
	19	(your own name by default).
76ca8a03	20	While you can specify any program as a command interpreter, be
f1647f51	21	cautious about specifying a program that won't let you change your
76ca8a03	22	login shell to something else (i.e., a noninteractive program like
	23	"date").
	24	.PP
	25	When invoked,
	26	.B chsh
	27	displays the current shell, and prompts for the new one.
76ca8a03	28	.PP
de9a9988	29	If invoked with the
	30	.BI \-w
	31	option, chsh will change the user's Windows shell instead of their
	32	UNIX shell. The default behavior is to change the user's UNIX shell,
	33	and the
	34	.BI \-u
	35	option is provided to explicitly select this behavior.
	36
1ee647e1	37	The actual change will take place overnight.
76ca8a03	38	Users may only change their own information unless they are
b865dabe	39	Moira database administrators.
f848b953	40	.SH AUTHOR
f848b953	41	Emanuel 'Jay' Berkenbilt
76ca8a03	42	.SH "SEE ALSO"
b865dabe	43	moira(1),
b865dabe	44	Moira section of the Project Athena Technical Plan