On Mon, 2021-06-14 at 22:02 +0000, Holger Levsen wrote: > On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 02:50:29PM -0600, Sam Hartman wrote: > > As an admin, I expect to be able to install a shell, say because I want > > to write scripts in it, without allowing users to select it as a login > > shell. > > I expect installing a shell, and remove-shelling that shell to work for > > this purpose. > > > > > point taken, I guess. OTOH, if, as an admin, I apt install a shell, I'd > assume it to work as a login shell?!? :)
True, but sometimes you have to protect users from doing dumb things. Or protect yourself from the time you have to spend if users accidentally choose shells they don't understand. -- Bernd Zeimetz Debian GNU/Linux Developer http://bzed.de http://www.debian.org GPG Fingerprint: ECA1 E3F2 8E11 2432 D485 DD95 EB36 171A 6FF9 435F