04-27-2008
Solaris Systems are not by default configured to have direct acces as root.
Although you can change this default behaviour but as a security measure you can not login directly through putty as root.
You need to login as a regular user then switch to root user.
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NAME
chsh - change login shell
SYNOPSIS
chsh [options] [LOGIN]
DESCRIPTION
The chsh command changes the user login shell. This determines the name of the user's initial login command. A normal user may only change
the login shell for her own account; the superuser may change the login shell for any account.
OPTIONS
The options which apply to the chsh command are:
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Display help message and exit.
-R, --root CHROOT_DIR
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-s, --shell SHELL
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value to change the shell, or leave the line blank to use the current one. The current shell is displayed between a pair of [ ] marks.
NOTE
The only restriction placed on the login shell is that the command name must be listed in /etc/shells, unless the invoker is the superuser,
and then any value may be added. An account with a restricted login shell may not change her login shell. For this reason, placing /bin/rsh
in /etc/shells is discouraged since accidentally changing to a restricted shell would prevent the user from ever changing her login shell
back to its original value.
FILES
/etc/passwd
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/etc/shells
List of valid login shells.
/etc/login.defs
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SEE ALSO
chfn(1), login.defs(5), passwd(5).
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