Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!auspex!guy
From: guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: setting variable on Bourne-shell startup
Message-ID: <4067@auspex.auspex.com>
Date: 15 Sep 90 18:32:07 GMT
References: <Sep.10.22.17.05.1990.924@pilot.njin.net> <7370014@hp-lsd.COS.HP.COM>
Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara
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>The valid values for shell names used with "chsh" are:
>	/bin/sh
>	/bin/csh
>	/bin/ksh

On many systems (including 4.3BSD and later), the valid values for shell
names used with "chsh" are whatever the file "/etc/shells" says, or
"/bin/sh" and "/bin/csh" if that file doesn't exist.  I hope nobody
hardcoded those three into their system, except as a default if
"/etc/shells" doesn't exist....