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.\" Copyright (c) 1993 Michael Haardt (michael@moria.de), Thu May 20 20:45:48 MET DST 1993
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.\" USA.
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.\"
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.\" Modified Sat Jul 24 17:11:07 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
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.\" Modified Sun Nov 21 10:49:38 1993 by Michael Haardt
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.\" Modified Sun Feb 26 15:09:15 1995 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
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.TH SHELLS 5 1993-11-21 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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shells \- pathnames of valid login shells
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.I /etc/shells
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is a text file which contains the full pathnames of valid login shells.
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This file is consulted by
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.BR chsh (1)
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and available to be queried by other programs.
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.PP
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Be aware that there are programs which consult this file to
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find out if a user is a normal user.
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E.g.: ftp daemons traditionally
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disallow access to users with shells not included in this file.
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.SH FILES
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.I /etc/shells
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.SH EXAMPLE
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.I /etc/shells
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may contain the following paths:
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.sp
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.RS
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.I /bin/sh
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.br
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.I /bin/csh
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.RE
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR chsh (1),
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.BR getusershell (3)
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