Change login shell

August 8, 2020

See all the shells installed on the system

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# check all shells installed
# List of valid login shells
cat /etc/shells

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# /etc/shells: valid login shells
/bin/sh
/bin/bash
/bin/rbash
/bin/dash
/usr/bin/tmux
/bin/zsh
/usr/bin/zsh

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echo $SHELL

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/bin/bash

You can directly provide name with the -s or --shell flag

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#chsh -s /bin/zsh
chsh -s $(which zsh)

or you can change login shell interactively (skip the -s)

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chsh

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Password:
Changing the login shell for tasiomind
Enter the new value, or press ENTER for the default
	Login Shell [/bin/bash]:

RE-LOGIN afterwards for the change to take effect