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authormatveyt <matthewtarasov@gmail.com>2022-02-01 17:26:12 +0000
committerBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2022-02-01 17:26:12 +0000
commitadbb1bf21dad5697cd82d46d9dd9e8e8d0f647e6 (patch)
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patch 8.2.4282: restricted mode requires the -Z command line optionv8.2.4282
Problem: Restricted mode requires the -Z command line option. Solution: Use restricted mode when $SHELL ends in "nologin" or "false". (closes #9681)
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@@ -256,6 +256,8 @@ a slash. Thus "-R" means recovery and "-/R" readonly.
Interfaces, such as Python, Ruby and Lua, are also disabled,
since they could be used to execute shell commands. Perl uses
the Safe module.
+ For Unix restricted mode is used when the last part of $SHELL
+ is "nologin" or "false".
Note that the user may still find a loophole to execute a
shell command, it has only been made difficult.