Manual: update-shells

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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

SEE ALSO
       shells(5)

							 28 Jun 2021					    UPDATE-SHELLS(8)