Luis Francisco Gonzalez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The question is what should I do. AFAIK, /etc/shells is used to determine > which shells can be used with chsh. I am not aware of any other use. I think > it makes perfect sense that shells (un)register themselves in that file upon > installation and in the pre-removal of the package. If the shell is used by > some user (as shown in the /etc/passwd file) it should probably refuse to > remove the package.
BTW, /etc/shells is also used by (at least) the FTP server; users whose login shell is not in /etc/shells are not allowed to use FTP. Carl Witty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
