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diff --git a/chapter07/etcshells.xml b/chapter07/etcshells.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 30961c80c..000000000 --- a/chapter07/etcshells.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,49 +0,0 @@ -<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> -<!DOCTYPE part PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" - "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [ - <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent"> - %general-entities; -]> - -<sect1 id="ch-config-shells" xreflabel="Creating the /etc/shells File"> - <?dbhtml filename="etcshells.html"?> - -<!-- - <sect1info> - <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername> - <date>$Date$</date> - </sect1info> ---> - <title>Creating the /etc/shells File</title> - - <indexterm zone="ch-config-shells"> - <primary sortas="e-etc-shells">/etc/shells</primary> - </indexterm> - - <para>The <filename>shells</filename> file contains a list of - login shells on the system. Applications use this file to determine - whether a shell is valid. For each shell a single line should be - present, consisting of the shell's path, relative to the root of the - directory structure (/).</para> - - <para>For example, this file is consulted by <command>chsh</command> - to determine whether an unprivileged user may change the login shell for her - own account. If the command name is not listed, the user will be denied of - change.</para> - - <para>It is a requirement for applications such as - <application>GDM</application> which does not populate the - face browser if it can't find <filename>/etc/shells</filename>, or - FTP daemons which traditionally disallow access to users - with shells not included in this file.</para> - -<screen role="root"><userinput>cat > /etc/shells << "EOF" -<literal># Begin /etc/shells - -/bin/sh -/bin/bash - -# End /etc/shells</literal> -EOF</userinput></screen> - -</sect1> |