Re: What are desired semantics for /etc/shells?
On Mon, 2021-06-14 at 22:02 +0000, Holger Levsen wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 02:50:29PM -0600, Sam Hartman wrote:
> > As an admin, I expect to be able to install a shell, say because I want
> > to write scripts in it, without allowing users to select it as a login
> > shell.
> > I expect installing a shell, and remove-shelling that shell to work for
> > this purpose.
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> point taken, I guess. OTOH, if, as an admin, I apt install a shell, I'd
> assume it to work as a login shell?!? :)
True, but sometimes you have to protect users from doing dumb things.
Or protect yourself from the time you have to spend if users accidentally
choose shells they don't understand.
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