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ADD-SHELL

Section: Maintenance Commands (8)
Updated: 12 May 2011
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NAME

add-shell - add shells to the list of valid login shells  

SYNOPSIS

add-shell shellname [shellname...]  

DESCRIPTION

add-shell copies /etc/shells to /etc/shells.tmp, adds the given shells to this file if they are not already present, and copies this temporary file back to /etc/shells.

The shells must be provided by their full pathnames.  

SEE ALSO

shells(5)


 

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SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
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