Bug 706138

Summary: /etc/shells should contain dash
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Petr Šabata <psabata>
Component: dashAssignee: Petr Šabata <psabata>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 14CC: athmanem, huzaifas, maxim, psabata, robatino
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Fixed In Version: dash-0.5.6-4.fc14 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Petr Šabata 2011-05-19 15:28:55 UTC
Description of problem:
Users can't use dash as their shell since it's not present in the /etc/shells file.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
0.5.6-3

How reproducible:
Always.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install dash.
2. Try to set dash as your shell (e.g. via chsh)
  
Actual results:
chsh: "/bin/dash" is not listed in /etc/shells.

Expected results:
Shell changed.

Additional info:
This can be solved via %post and %postun scriptlets.

Comment 1 Petr Šabata 2011-05-19 15:30:06 UTC
%post
if [ $1 -eq 1 ]; then
    grep -qF /bin/dash /etc/shells || echo '/bin/dash' >> /etc/shells
fi

%postun
if [ $1 -eq 0 ]; then
    sed -i '/\/bin\/dash/d' /etc/shells
fi

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2011-05-19 15:48:05 UTC
dash-0.5.6-3.fc14 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 14.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/dash-0.5.6-3.fc14

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2011-05-19 15:48:45 UTC
dash-0.5.6-4.fc15 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 15.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/dash-0.5.6-4.fc15

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2011-05-19 21:58:10 UTC
Package dash-0.5.6-4.fc15:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 15 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing dash-0.5.6-4.fc15'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/dash-0.5.6-4.fc15
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 5 Othman Madjoudj 2011-05-20 20:39:01 UTC
dash-0.5.6-4.fc15 update has not yet fixed this issue on Fedora 15:

~]$ rpm -q dash
dash-0.5.6-4.fc15.i686

~]$ cat /etc/shells 
/bin/sh
/bin/bash
/sbin/nologin

Comment 6 Andre Robatino 2011-05-22 02:55:53 UTC
Not fixed on F14 either, with dash-0.5.6-3.fc14.x86_64 installed.

Comment 7 Petr Šabata 2011-05-23 06:26:43 UTC
This only applies to new installations, not upgrades.

I understand that's not really convenient. A new update is on its way...

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2011-05-23 07:19:53 UTC
dash-0.5.6-4.fc14 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 14.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/dash-0.5.6-4.fc14

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2011-05-23 07:20:14 UTC
dash-0.5.6-5.fc15 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 15.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/dash-0.5.6-5.fc15

Comment 10 Othman Madjoudj 2011-05-23 07:47:07 UTC
Seems to be fixed on f15:

$ cat /etc/shells
/bin/sh
/bin/bash
/sbin/nologin
/bin/dash

Comment 11 Fedora Update System 2011-05-25 02:23:05 UTC
Package dash-0.5.6-4.fc14:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 14 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing dash-0.5.6-4.fc14'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/dash-0.5.6-4.fc14
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 12 Fedora Update System 2011-05-25 18:54:12 UTC
dash-0.5.6-5.fc15 has been pushed to the Fedora 15 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 13 Fedora Update System 2011-06-26 18:51:56 UTC
dash-0.5.6-4.fc14 has been pushed to the Fedora 14 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.