Man page - update-shells(8)

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tempfile(1)
ischroot(1)
remove-shell(8)
add-shell(8)
installkernel(8)
update-shells(8)
run-parts(8)
savelog(8)
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UPDATE-SHELLS

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
FILES
SEE ALSO

NAME

update-shells - update the list of valid login shells

SYNOPSIS

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.d