File Formats                                            shells(4)



NAME
     shells - shell database

SYNOPSIS
     /etc/shells


DESCRIPTION
     The shells file contains a list of the shells on the system.
     Applications  use  this file to determine whether a shell is
     valid. See getusershell(3C). For each shell  a  single  line
     should  be present, consisting of the shell's path, relative
     to root.


     A hash mark (#) indicates the beginning of a comment; subse-
     quent  characters  up  to the end of the line are not inter-
     preted by the routines which search the  file.  Blank  lines
     are also ignored.


     The  following  default  shells  are  used   by   utilities:
     /bin/bash,   /bin/csh,   /bin/jsh,   /bin/ksh,   /bin/ksh93,
     /bin/pfcsh,  /bin/pfksh,  /bin/pfsh,   /bin/sh,   /bin/tcsh,
     /bin/zsh,  /sbin/jsh, /sbin/sh, /usr/bin/bash, /usr/bin/csh,
     /usr/bin/jsh, /usr/bin/ksh, /usr/bin/ksh93,  /usr/bin/pfcsh,
     /usr/bin/pfksh,      /usr/bin/pfsh,     and     /usr/bin/sh,
     /usr/bin/tcsh,    /usr/bin/zsh,    and     /usr/sfw/bin/zsh.
     /etc/shells overrides the default list.


     Invalid  shells  in  /etc/shells  could   cause   unexpected
     behavior, such as being unable to log in by way of ftp(1).

FILES
     /etc/shells    list of shells on system


SEE ALSO
     vipw(1B),    ftpd(1M),    sendmail(1M),    getusershell(3C),
     aliases(4)














SunOS 5.11          Last change: 20 Nov 2007                    1