Why exec subsystem from shell and not directly?

Peter Stuge stuge-openssh-unix-dev at cdy.org
Thu May 22 08:54:09 EST 2008


On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 10:50:19AM -0700, Asheesh Jadav wrote:
> What value does execing the shell add?

The system administrator's policy as set by the shell can still be
enforced.

The user's preferences are still honored.


//Peter


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