Re: shell program menu
> if users can't be trusted with a shell, they can't be trusted with vi.
> give 'em pico.
Agreed :-)
> btw rbash is useful in situations like this. restricted shell, only
> programs in the PATH can be executed, and user can not change PATH or
> other variables. many other restrictions too.
What does this gain you over making their actual shell the menu program?
[that's not dissagreement, just curiosity]
> even if they do manage to fork a shell somehow, they'll just get their
> default shell which will source /etc/profile and end up with them
> in another instance of the menu. there are probably ways for clever
> users to get around this, but they all require the ability to execute
> arbitrary commands...which is as good as having a shell anyway.
Yep!
Adam.
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