* I hate /bin/sh
@ 1991-08-06 18:13 Matthew Farwell
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From: Matthew Farwell @ 1991-08-06 18:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Don't you just love these little quirks in /bin/sh?
from sh(1):
SHELL
When the shell is invoked, it scans the environment for
this name. If it is found and there is a an 'r' in the
name, the shell is a restricted one.
This produces effects such as
; mush -C
sh: /dev/null is restricted
pwd: restricted
(mush does a getcwd())
The fix?
; ln /bin/rc /bin/kludge
; SHELL=/bin/kludge
Apologies, but I had to rant at someone.
Dylan.
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