Re: Detecting invocation as /bin/sh ?

[Chet Ramey]

On 9/29/14, 7:53 PM, Alexandre Ferrieux wrote:
> On Tuesday, September 30, 2014 1:40:55 AM UTC+2, Chet Ramey wrote:
>>
>>> Forget about posix mode then: bash -p (privileged) offers a lean-and-mean 
>>> variant which pretty much satisfies anybody needing "just sh". However, 
>>> there is no way to store an option in a symbolic link, so all distributions 
>>> doing "sh -> bash" are bound to perpetuate the danger (of 
>>> "eval-from-the-env"). So it would seem normal for some of them to move away 
>>> from bash as the default sh.
>>
>> Are we talking about the same thing?
>> Privileged mode is intended for use when bash might run setuid (a bad idea
>> in any case).  It affects what bash will use from the environment -- yes,
>> including shell functions -- and inhibits setting the euid to the ruid.
>> It doesn't have any other effect.  It certainly doesn't turn off any bash
>> features.
> 
> It *does* disable that embarrassing nightmare of a misfeature that is 
> function import: 

I guess if that's what you mean by "just the sh", then yes, it does.
That's a unique interpretation.

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