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Name

add-shell - add shells to the list of valid login shells

Synopsis

add-shell shellname [ shellname ...]

Description

add-shell copies /etc/shells to /etc/shells.tmp, adds the given shells to this file if they are not already present, and copies this temporary file back to /etc/shells. The shells must be provided by their full pathnames.

Environment

DPKG_ROOT specifies the base path under which /etc/shells resides.

See Also

  1. shells(5)