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LDAPCHSH(1) Linux Reference Manual LDAPCHSH(1)

NAME

ldapchsh - change your login shell in LDAP

SYNOPSIS

ldapchsh [-s shell] [-l] [-u] [-v] [-u username|username]

DESCRIPTION

ldapchsh is used to change your login shell in LDAP, it is provided as a replacement for chsh or ypchsh after migration to LDAP.

VALID SHELLS

chsh will accept the full pathname of any executable file on the system. However, it will issue a warning if the shell is not listed in the /etc/shells file. On the other hand, it can also be configured such that it will only accept shells listed in this file, unless you are root.

OPTIONS

Specify your login shell.
Print the list of shells listed in /etc/shells and exit.
Print a usage message and exit.
Print version information and exit.

SEE ALSO

login(1), passwd(5), shells(5)

AUTHOR

Larry Lile <lile@users.sourceforge.net>

AVAILABILITY

The chsh command is part of the ldap-yp-tools package and is available from https://sourceforge.net/projects/ldap-yp-tools/files/.

12 January 2018 ldapchsh