Marcin Owsiany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Package: rssh
> Version: 2.3.2-2
> There are at least two reasons for this:
> - you don't want users to be able to change their restricted shell, and
> the way to make chsh prevent it is to NOT have the shell in
> /etc/shells. Otherwise the restricted user can have its shell changed
> by another (non-restricted) user using a clever combination of su
> options and chsh.
> - a non-resticted user may accidentally lock himself out of the system
> by changing to a restricted shell by mistake. See the NOTE in
> chsh(1).
Looking at:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=312330
it appears it was only added for cosmetic reasons. I'll remove it in the
next upload.
Thanks! I wasn't aware of the su/chsh thing.
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