Re: restricted dash shell?

[Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rocky Bernstein <rocky.bernstein@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I notice dash doesn't seem to have a --restricted option like bash or
> come as a restricted shell like ksh (rksh).
> 
> Thought and comments?

POSIX rationale says:

	The options associated with a restricted shell (command name rsh
	and the -r option) were excluded because the standard developers
	considered that the implied level of security could not be
	achieved and they did not want to raise false expectations.

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