Provided by: debianutils_5.7-0.4_amd64 bug

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 .  Defaults to the value of the environment variable
              DPKG_ROOT .

       --verbose
              Print the shells that are being added or removed.

FILES

       /etc/shells /var/lib/shells.state /usr/share/debianutils/shells.d

SEE ALSO

       shells(5)

                                           28 Jun 2021                           UPDATE-SHELLS(8)