redhat man page for shells

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SHELLS(5)						     Linux Programmer's Manual							 SHELLS(5)

NAME
shells - pathnames of valid login shells
DESCRIPTION
/etc/shells is a text file which contains the full pathnames of valid login shells. This file is consulted by chsh(1) and available to be queried by other programs. Be aware that there are programs which consult this file to find out if a user is a normal user. E.g.: ftp daemons traditionally disallow access to users with shells not included in this file.
EXAMPLES
/etc/shells may contain the following paths: /bin/sh /bin/csh
FILES
/etc/shells
SEE ALSO
chsh(1), getusershell(3) 1993-11-21 SHELLS(5)
Related Man Pages
chsh(1) - linux
shells(4) - opensolaris
shells(4) - sunos
chsh(1) - opendarwin
chsh(1) - posix
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