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diff --git a/upstream/fedora-40/man5/shells.5 b/upstream/fedora-40/man5/shells.5 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..7a6c6297 --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/fedora-40/man5/shells.5 @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1993 Michael Haardt (michael@moria.de), +.\" Thu May 20 20:45:48 MET DST 1993 +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later +.\" +.\" Modified Sat Jul 24 17:11:07 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) +.\" Modified Sun Nov 21 10:49:38 1993 by Michael Haardt +.\" Modified Sun Feb 26 15:09:15 1995 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) +.TH shells 5 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.06" +.SH NAME +shells \- pathnames of valid login shells +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I /etc/shells +is a text file which contains the full pathnames of valid login shells. +This file is consulted by +.BR chsh (1) +and available to be queried by other programs. +.P +Be aware that there are programs which consult this file to +find out if a user is a normal user; +for example, +FTP daemons traditionally +disallow access to users with shells not included in this file. +.SH FILES +.I /etc/shells +.SH EXAMPLES +.I /etc/shells +may contain the following paths: +.P +.in +4n +.EX +.I /bin/sh +.I /bin/bash +.I /bin/csh +.EE +.in +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR chsh (1), +.BR getusershell (3), +.BR pam_shells (8) |