Re: Banging out of Menus

Posted in 1993

Bob Beaulieu — Wed, 13 Oct 1993 20:32:08 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In article <29hl61INNhvc@emory.mathcs.emory.edu> PMWAGES@delphi.com writes: > Is there any way to prevent users from shelling out ( banging out ) >of an informix menu with an exclamation point (!) ? > > Thanks Peter Wages > VSE Corp > >pmwages@delphi.com You could the SHELL variable to NULL SHELL= export SHELL This prevents users from executing a '!/bin/sh' or other '!...' command. Bob Beaulieu -- ___________________________________________________________________________ |EZ TRAVEL (Bob Beaulieu) Internet : eztravel@netcom.com | |4640-B Meridian San Jose, CA 95124 Telephone: (408) 978-0808 | |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| | $Best Fares$.........Great Service.......International/Domestic | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~