82 lines
2.6 KiB
Groff
82 lines
2.6 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: shells.5,v 1.8 2003/08/07 10:31:17 agc Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 1986, 1991, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
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.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
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.\" without specific prior written permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
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.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
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.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" @(#)shells.5 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
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.\"
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.Dd January 16, 1999
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.Dt SHELLS 5
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm shells
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.Nd shell database
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm shells
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file contains a list of the shells on the system.
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It can be used in conjunction with the Hesiod domain
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.Sq shells ,
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and the
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.Tn NIS
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map
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.Sq shells ,
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as controlled by
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.Xr nsswitch.conf 5 .
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.Pp
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For each shell a single line should be present, consisting of the
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shell's path, relative to root.
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.Pp
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A hash
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.Pq Dq \&#
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indicates the beginning of a comment; subsequent
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characters up to the end of the line are not interpreted by the
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routines which search the file.
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Blank lines are also ignored.
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width /etc/shells -compact
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.It Pa /etc/shells
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The
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.Nm shells
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file resides in
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.Pa /etc .
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr chsh 1 ,
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.Xr getusershell 3 ,
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.Xr nsswitch.conf 5
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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file format appeared in
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.Bx 4.3 tahoe .
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.Pp
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The Hesiod and
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.Tn NIS
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support first appeared in
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.Nx 1.4 .
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