X-Git-Url: http://andersk.mit.edu/gitweb/moira.git/blobdiff_plain/227344f42bd09bc7cf41028e0173bac5a0bae930..2c0dfed5194f8639c512faa887442eb98cf70f11:/man/chsh.1 diff --git a/man/chsh.1 b/man/chsh.1 index 7a2ca2de..1a538b19 100644 --- a/man/chsh.1 +++ b/man/chsh.1 @@ -4,27 +4,41 @@ 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). -If no command interpreter is specified, then the login shell reverts -to the default login shell -.B /bin/sh. While you can specify any program as a command interpreter, be -cautious about specifying a program which won't let you change your +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. -Just pressing return will keep the same shell. .PP -The actual change will take place a couple of hours later. +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 -SMS database administrators. +Moira database administrators. +.SH AUTHOR +Emanuel 'Jay' Berkenbilt .SH "SEE ALSO" -sms(1), -SMS section of the Project Athena Technical Plan +moira(1), +Moira section of the Project Athena Technical Plan