Re: shell magic/info

1998-12-14 Thread Jiri Baum
Hello, They always start with that usual executable magic #!/bin/sh . Actually, they can start with the full path to *any* program there. My concern is actually to write a program that will prompt a user 4 or 5 inputs only, (pon, poff, elm, quit) Check out whiptail (in the whiptail package,

Re: shell magic/info

1998-12-14 Thread Frank Barknecht
Sibuyas Bombay hat gesagt: // Sibuyas Bombay wrote: My concern is actually to write a program that will prompt a user 4 or 5 inputs only, (pon, poff, elm, quit) then make it as her default login shell, that way, i dont give her a fully interactive shell (and a potential security hole for my

shell magic/info

1998-12-13 Thread Sibuyas Bombay
Hello everyone ! I've been dirtying my hands on how interactive shell programs like smailconfig, bindconfig (those who ask the user for a choice and execute something for that choice). They always start with that usual executable magic #!/bin/sh . Does anyone know of any documentation w/s

Re: shell magic/info

1998-12-13 Thread Oliver Elphick
Sibuyas Bombay wrote: Hello everyone ! I've been dirtying my hands on how interactive shell programs like smailco nfig, bindconfig (those who ask the user for a choice and execute something for th at choice). They always start with that usual executable magic #!/bin/sh .