chpass
Add or change user database information, including login shell and password. Note: it's not possible to change the user's password on Open Directory systems, use
passwd
instead. See also:passwd
. More information: https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?chpass.
- Add or change user database information for the current user interactively:
su -c chpass
- Set a specific login [s]hell for the current user:
chpass -s {{path/to/shell}}
- Set a login [s]hell for a specific user:
chpass -s {{path/to/shell}} {{username}}
- Edit the user record on the directory node at the given [l]ocation:
chpass -l {{location}} -s {{path/to/shell}} {{username}}
- Use the given [u]sername when authenticating to the directory node containing the user:
chpass -u {{authname}} -s {{path/to/shell}} {{username}}