update-shells (8) - Linux Manuals
update-shells: update the list of valid login shells
NAME
update-shells - update the list of valid login shells
SYNOPSIS
update-shells [options]DESCRIPTION
update-shells locates the shells provided by packages from /usr/share/debianutils/shells.d and updates /etc/shells with newly added or removed shells. To track changes made by the administrator, it consults a state file in /var/lib/shells.state .OPTIONS
- --no-act
- Do not actually perform the changes to /etc/shells .
- --root
-
ROOT
Operate on a chroot at ROOT .
- --verbose
- Print the shells that are being added or removed.