Linux manual pages Section 5: File Formats  

Name

shells — pathnames of valid login shells

DESCRIPTION

/etc/shells is a text file which contains the full pathnames of valid login shells. This file is consulted by chsh(1) and available to be queried by other programs.

Be aware that there are programs which consult this file to find out if a user is a normal user; for example, FTP daemons traditionally disallow access to users with shells not included in this file.

FILES

/etc/shells

EXAMPLE

/etc/shells may contain the following paths:

/bin/sh
/bin/bash

/bin/csh

SEE ALSO

chsh(1), getusershell(3)

COLOPHON

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  Copyright (c) 1993 Michael Haardt (michaelmoria.de),
    Thu May 20 20:45:48 MET DST 1993

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Modified Sat Jul 24 17:11:07 1993 by Rik Faith (faithcs.unc.edu)
Modified Sun Nov 21 10:49:38 1993 by Michael Haardt
Modified Sun Feb 26 15:09:15 1995 by Rik Faith (faithcs.unc.edu)