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RE: Problem with xterm-301-1
- From: "Matt Seitz (matseitz)" <matseitz at cisco dot com>
- To: "cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com" <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 18:45:00 +0000
- Subject: RE: Problem with xterm-301-1
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> From: Ola Strömfors [mailto:ola.stromfors@gmail.com]
>
> After updating from 291-1 to 301-1 xterm starts /bin/sh instead of
> my shell specified in /etc/passwd or in the SHELL environment variable.
>
> The workaround I have found is to create /etc/shells with a list of
> permitted shells, e.g.
>From http://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.log-contents.html#xterm_301:
Patch #301 - 2014/01/19
only set SHELL environment variable to programs found in /etc/shells (prompted by patch/report by Al Poole).
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