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.

ENVIRONMENT

DPKG_ROOT

specifies the base path under which /etc/shells resides.

SEE ALSO

shells(5)