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chsh — Change user's login shell. Part of `util-linux`. More information: <https://manned.org/chsh>.

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Problem

How to use the chsh command: Change user's login shell. Part of util-linux. More information: <https://manned.org/chsh>.

Solution

chsh — Change user's login shell. Part of util-linux. More information: <https://manned.org/chsh>.

Set a specific login shell for the current user interactively:

chsh

List available shells:

chsh {{[-l|--list-shells]}}

Set a specific login shell for the current user:

chsh {{[-s|--shell]}} {{path/to/shell}}

Set a login shell for a specific user:

sudo chsh {{[-s|--shell]}} {{path/to/shell}} {{username}}

Code Snippets

Set a specific login shell for the current user interactively

chsh

List available shells

chsh {{[-l|--list-shells]}}

Set a specific login shell for the current user

chsh {{[-s|--shell]}} {{path/to/shell}}

Set a login shell for a specific user

sudo chsh {{[-s|--shell]}} {{path/to/shell}} {{username}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/chsh

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