Re: /etc/shells policy?
Hi,
Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> >>"Luis" == Luis Francisco Gonzalez <luisgh@cogs.susx.ac.uk> writes:
>
> Luis> there is an "oldish" bug report open on tcsh that complains
> Luis> about tcsh not deleting it's own entry from /etc/shells upon
> Luis> removal from the system.
>
> Since that file belongs to another package, and shells do not
> add to that file, shell should not delete entries from the file
> either.
>
> Now, one may ask the asswd package to provide a simple
> (trivial) command to add and remove entries from the file. Howevr, I
> am not convinced that arbitary commands should be allowed to modify
> that file at all. The contents of that file are an important part of
> the security policy for a site.
Given that I don't feel either way and it Manoj has expressed opposition I am
closing the bug report using the above explanation as rationale.
Luis.
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Luis Francisco Gonzalez <luisgh@cogs.susx.ac.uk>
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