sftp client

Markus Friedl Markus.Friedl at informatik.uni-erlangen.de
Sat Feb 10 03:44:06 EST 2001


On Fri, Feb 09, 2001 at 11:33:09AM -0600, mouring at etoh.eviladmin.org wrote:
> Using shells as access control has always been an ugly hack to me, and as
> a result I was glad to see User/Group Access List appear.
> 
> If 'umask' is the only other argument for shell around then I'd be happy
> to submit a patch to make .ssh/environment smart enough to detect 'umask'
> variable and set the umask so we can drop the shell.  Otherwise, there has
> to be a better reason for it.  

this is an ugly hack.  i don't like .ssh/environment at all.

i don't see the reason for dropping the shell.





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