On Tue, Nov 16, 1999 at 12:52:45PM +0100, kevin lyda wrote:
> Why did the person replace /bin/sh? Because there's no way for a
> regular user to change their shell on a Solaris box with a "files"
> passwd target. You have to su to root and edit /etc/passwd. Of
> course you have to so to root to copy bash over sh...
From man passwd
OPTIONS
-r Specifies the repository to which an operation is
applied. The supported repositories are files, nis
, or nisplus.
-e Change the login shell. For the files repository,
this only works for the super-user. Normal users
may change the nis or nisplus repositories. The
choice of shell is limited by the requirements of
getusershell(3C). If the user currently has a
shell that is not allowed by getusershell , only
root may change it.
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