January 16, 1999 SHELLS 5

### NAME

shells - shell database

### DESCRIPTION

The shells file contains a list of the shells on the system. It can be used in conjunction with the Hesiod domain `shells', and the NIS map `shells', as controlled by nsswitch.conf(5).

For each shell a single line should be present, consisting of the shell's path, relative to root.

A hash (``#'') indicates the beginning of a comment; subsequent characters up to the end of the line are not interpreted by the routines which search the file. Blank lines are also ignored.

### FILES

```/etc/shells`
  The shells file resides in ```/etc`.

### SEE ALSO

chsh(1), getusershell(3), nsswitch.conf(5)

### HISTORY

The shells file format appeared in 4.3BSDtahoe.

The Hesiod and NIS support first appeared in NetBSD1.4.