setting current dir of remote shell

[Peter Stuge]

On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 09:36:50AM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote:
> > > I wish ssh had an option (e.g. -oCommanShell=/bin/sh)
> > 
> > That would allow the client to circumvent any security policy
> > usually enforced by the shell on the server, which is a rather
> > bad idea.
> 
> Uhm...  Why?  I don't understand.  (But I can appreciate that a
> naive implementation may create problems.)
> 
> Normally a user can invoke any arbitrary command on a remote
> machine.

Mh, well, no, not unless the shell permits it.

Both "exec" and "shell" in the SSH protocol use the user's shell to
run the command.

This is utilized by restricted shells.


//Peter