Not Necessarily a Bug (but worth reading)

Bill.Stewart.4K435.x0705 wcs at ho95e.UUCP
Wed Sep 25 03:41:58 AEST 1985


> A gotcha in the shell that almost caused me further permanent brain-damage:
> 
> Not Necessarily a Description:
> 
> /bin/sh in SYSVR2 will look for the character 'r' *anywhere* in it's
> argv[0] when it starts up and, upon finding one, will run in restricted
> mode.
> ...............
> 	-Barry Shein, Boston University
Hmmm.. it does seem to do that on my 3B20.
	$ cp /bin/sh braindamage
	$ braindamage
	$ >junk
	junk: restricted
So I tried it with ksh (the Korn Shell), and I didn't have this problem.
-- 
## Bill Stewart, AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ 1-201-949-0705 ihnp4!ho95c!wcs



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