Problem with xterm-301-1

Matt Seitz (matseitz) matseitz@cisco.com
Thu Feb 20 18:45:00 GMT 2014


> From: Ola Strömfors [mailto:ola.stromfors@gmail.com]
> 
> After updating from 291-1 to 301-1 xterm starts /bin/sh instead of
> my shell specified in /etc/passwd or in the SHELL environment variable.
> 
> The workaround I have found is to create /etc/shells with a list of
> permitted shells, e.g.

>From http://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.log-contents.html#xterm_301:

Patch #301 - 2014/01/19
only set SHELL environment variable to programs found in /etc/shells (prompted by patch/report by Al Poole).


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