Re: Several reasons why debian should not use bash for /bin/sh
On Wed, Jul 29, 1998 at 03:24:54PM -0700, Chris Ulrich wrote:
> Safety: Bash, at least in the debian distribution I've installed, is linked
> against 5 libraries (readline, curses, dl, c and ld-linux). If
> any one of these libraries gets hosed, /bin/sh stops working and
> this effectively kills the system. A smaller, simpler shell would
> be less vulnerable to library problems.
I don't buy this argument, sorry. A problem with readline, ncurses or dl
does not kill the system. Granted the shell scripts stop working, but major
parts of the system will still work. And a problem withe the c library resp.
the dynamic linker kills ash as well.
Or were you talking about /bin/sh used as a login shell? Then you're right.
But there is no need to use /bin/sh as a login shell for every user. We
should recommend sash being used for that anyway.
Michael
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