chsh Command Examples

Change user's login shell. See platform-specific pages for more options. More information: https://manned.org/chsh.

• Set a specific login shell for the current user interactively:

chsh

• Set a specific login [s]hell for the current user:

chsh -s {{path/to/shell}}

• Set a login [s]hell for a specific user:

chsh -s {{path/to/shell}} {{username}}