Re: [dev] [PATCH] Check for presence of SHELL environment variable

Contemporary messages sorted: [ by date ] [ by thread ] [ by subject ] [ by author ] [ by messages with attachments ]

From: <k0ga_AT_shike2.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 16:23:45 +0100

>> I did a quick survey of a number of other terminal emulators: tmux,
>> xterm, GNU screen, rxvt and dvtm all check the SHELL environment
>> variable. Checking SHELL is expected behaviour, and it's a useful one at
>> that.
>>
>> Eric
>
> Checking SHELL is common behaviour and any user setting SHELL will
> expect their terminal emulator to use it, rather than the value from
> /etc/passwd.
> For those worrying about security, /bin/sh prevents setting SHELL in
> restricted mode.

Ok, I will apply the patch.
Received on Mon Nov 10 2014 - 16:23:45 CET

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.3.0 : Mon Nov 10 2014 - 16:36:03 CET