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lchsh(1)							     lchsh(1)



NAME
       lchsh - Change login shell


SYNOPSIS
       lchsh [OPTION]... [user]


DESCRIPTION
       Displays and allows changing login shell of user.

       If the user argument is not provided, username of the invoking user is
       used; the user argument is ignored if lchsh is run set-uid to  a	 dif-
       ferent user.

       Entering an empty string (by pressing Enter) at the "New Shell" prompt
       is interpreted as accepting the current value.


OPTIONS
       -i, --interactive
	      Ask all questions when connecting to the user database, even if
	      default answers are set up in libuser configuration.


EXIT STATUS
       The exit status is 0 on success, 1 on error.


BUGS
       lchsh ignores /etc/shells.



libuser				 Sep 20 2004			     lchsh(1)


UNIX/Linux commands referenced on this page:
  1. login
  2. at
  3. as