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1.TH CHSH 1 2/24/79
2.UC
3.SH NAME
4chsh \- change default login shell
5.SH SYNOPSIS
6.B chsh
7name
8[
9shell
10]
11.SH DESCRIPTION
12.I Chsh
13is a command similar to
14.IR passwd (1)
15except that it is used to change the login shell field of the password
16file rather than the password entry.
17If no
18.I shell
19is specified
20then the shell reverts to the default login shell
21.I /bin/sh.
22Currently only
23.I /bin/csh
24can be specified as the shell unless you are the super-user.
25.PP
26An example use of this command would be
27.PP
28.DT
29 chsh bill /bin/csh
30.SH SEE\ ALSO
31csh(1), passwd(1), passwd(5)