Re: how to prevent bang (!) escapes

Posted in 1996

Michel Behna — Mon, 8 Apr 1996 13:05:58 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In article <Pine.SOL.3.92.960408115207.17843A-100000@clark.net> <jmumford@clark.net> writes: >From: <jmumford@clark.net> >Subject: how to prevent bang (!) escapes >Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996 11:57:27 -0400 >Does anyone know of a way to prevent users >from using the bang (!) character to do shell >escapes from Informix tools? Or unix workarounds >to this problem? >Thanx >Jim Mumford Just redefine the environment variable SHELL to nothing before going into whatever program. e.g. SHELL= isufficient in shell scripts. Michel Behna - mbehna@promus.com AMA #453810 - DoD #1821 - Suzuki Katana 600

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