Alternate Shells

[Ian Moor]

In article <615 at ucsfcgl.UUCP> arnold at ucsfcgl.UUCP (Ken Arnold) writes:
>>>A quickie: 4.2BSD chsh does not allow the user to specify alternative
>>>shells - only "sh" and "csh" are permitted. Why is this? 
>I helped make this decision -- it was because people who left their
>terminals unattended for a few minutes (to relieve themselves, say)
>would find themselves with a strange shell the next time they logged
>on.

Surely being able to change your password interactively can cause just
the same problem and passwd has a solution, ask for your current password.
Its more difficult to stop people changing your .login though.
 

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