On 2024-02-14 10:41:44 -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > Vincent Lefevre <vinc...@vinc17.net> writes: > > > POSIX says: > > > SHELL This variable shall represent a pathname of the user's > > preferred command language interpreter. If this interpreter > > does not conform to the Shell Command Language in XCU > > Chapter 2 (on page 2345), utilities may behave differently > > from those described in POSIX.1-2017. > > > There is no requirement to match one of the /etc/shells pathnames. > > The user or scripts should be free to use any arbitrary pathname to > > the command language interpreter available on the system, and Debian > > should ensure that this is allowed, in particular the one give by > > the realpath command. > > I'm sorry, this is probably a really obvious question, but could you > explain the connection between the subject of your mail message and the > body of your mail message? I can't see any relationship, so I guess I > need it spelled out for me in small words. > > (I believe /etc/shells enforcement is done via PAM or in specific > programs that impose this as an additional non-POSIX restriction. This is > outside the scope of POSIX.)
What's the point of having a standard if programs are allowed to reject user settings for arbitrary and undocumented reasons? -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
