SHELLS(5) BSD File Formats Manual SHELLS(5)
NAME
shells -- shell database
DESCRIPTION
The shells file contains a list of the shells on the system. It can be used in conjunction with the Hesiod domain 'shells', and the NIS map
'shells', as controlled by nsswitch.conf(5).
For each shell a single line should be present, consisting of the shell's path, relative to root.
A hash (``#'') indicates the beginning of a comment; subsequent characters up to the end of the line are not interpreted by the routines
which search the file. Blank lines are also ignored.
FILES
/etc/shells The shells file resides in /etc.
SEE ALSO
chsh(1), getusershell(3), nsswitch.conf(5)
HISTORY
The shells file format appeared in 4.3BSD-Tahoe.
The Hesiod and NIS support first appeared in NetBSD 1.4.
BSD
January 16, 1999 BSD
