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[Root Boy Jim]

? From: Jerry Peek <jdpeek at rodan.acs.syr.edu>

? /etc/shells is there for security.  Don't put untested shells in the file.

No it's not. It's there for the SA's piece of mind when J. Random Hacker's
turbo-charged replacement shell core dumps and he can't log in and has
to ask Mr. Root Person to `cp /bin/sh ~jrh/bin/tcrsh' until the next bug.
Note that this still allows `echo exit | tee .cshrc .login > .profile'.

Perhaps /etc/shells was designed to avoid using a suid or guid shell
that I currently cannot execute. If so, then let that be the
requirement, or ban suid, gid, and sticky bit files altogether. Much
simpler, and more flexible.

A reasonable compromise would allow anything in /bin.

? --Jerry Peek; Syracuse University Academic Computing Services; Syracuse, NY
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