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/etc/shells is also used by ftpd -- if the user's shell does not appear in
that file then incoming ftp is not allowed. It should NOT be 666.
On Wed, 11 Jun 1997, Sean Garagan wrote:
> This file basically tells the system the absolute path of valid shells. I
> believe it is used by chsh to see what it can switch the users shell to. It
> is an error that it is perms of 666. In fact, anything in a system dir with
> that perm setting is probably set wrong (hmm...coincidence that the number
> is 666? :)
>
> On Wed, Jun 11, 1997 at 04:02:51PM -0300, James Fifield wrote:
> > In the install proceedure, the installer is asked to add
> > "$CS_ROOT/bin/shell" to /etc/shells.
> >
> > Do we depend on this to happen? The reason I ask is that RedHat appears to install
> > that file with permissions 666, so any user can go and delete, modify or add as they see
> > fit.
> >
> > Do we care much if this happens?
> >
> > --
> > James Fifield
> > <fifield@ug.cs.dal.ca>
> >
> > CSuite Technical Staff
> >
>
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