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[f8d632ac] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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[6732c094] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE part PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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[f8d632ac] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 | ]>
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| 7 |
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[0290a023] | 8 | <sect1 id="postlfs-config-shells" xreflabel="The /etc/shells File">
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[74ce7a3] | 9 | <?dbhtml filename="etcshells.html"?>
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| 10 |
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| 11 |
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| 12 | <title>The /etc/shells File</title>
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| 13 |
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| 14 | <indexterm zone="postlfs-config-shells">
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| 15 | <primary sortas="e-etc-shells">/etc/shells</primary>
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| 16 | </indexterm>
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| 17 |
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[e0d33ef] | 18 | <para>The <filename>shells</filename> file contains a list of
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[74ce7a3] | 19 | login shells on the system. Applications use this file to determine
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| 20 | whether a shell is valid. For each shell a single line should be
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[853ae568] | 21 | present, consisting of the shell's path, relative to the root of the
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| 22 | directory structure (/).</para>
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[74ce7a3] | 23 |
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[d612b9f] | 24 | <para>For example, this file is consulted by <command>chsh</command>
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[e615d9b] | 25 | to determine whether an unprivileged user may change the login shell for her
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[74ce7a3] | 26 | own account. If the command name is not listed, the user will be denied of
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| 27 | change.</para>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <para>It is a requirement for applications such as
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[e0d33ef] | 30 | <application>GDM</application> which does not populate the
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[853ae568] | 31 | face browser if it can't find <filename>/etc/shells</filename>, or
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[e0d33ef] | 32 | FTP daemons which traditionally disallow access to users
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[74ce7a3] | 33 | with shells not included in this file.</para>
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| 34 |
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| 35 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cat > /etc/shells << "EOF"
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| 36 | <literal># Begin /etc/shells
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[975d907a] | 37 |
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| 38 | /bin/sh
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| 39 | /bin/bash
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| 40 |
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[74ce7a3] | 41 | # End /etc/shells</literal>
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| 42 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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[975d907a] | 43 |
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| 44 | </sect1>
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