Name
update-shells - update the list of valid login shellsSynopsis
update-shells [ options ]Description
update-shells locates the shells provided by packages from /usr/share/debianutils/shells.d and updates /etc/shells with newly added or removed shells. To track changes made by the administrator, it consults a state file in /var/lib/shells.state .Options
--no-act Do not actually perform the changes to /etc/shells .
--root ROOT Operate on a chroot at ROOT . Defaults to the value of the environment variable DPKG_ROOT .
--verbose Print the shells that are being added or removed.
Files
/etc/shells /var/lib/shells.state /usr/share/debianutils/shells.dSee Also
- shells(5)