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/usr/bin/chsh

PAM login and passwd utilities

From shadow 4.20.3-r3 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running chsh --help (exit 0). permalink

Usage: chsh [options] [LOGIN]

Options:
  -h, --help                    display this help message and exit
  -R, --root CHROOT_DIR         directory to chroot into
  -s, --shell SHELL             new login shell for the user account
Options (3)
OptionDescriptionSource
-h, --helpdisplay this help message and exithelp
-R, --root CHROOT_DIRdirectory to chroot intohelp
-s, --shell SHELLnew login shell for the user accounthelp

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