Bug 1948586 - Ksh allows exiting restricted mode, besides documented as not allowing
Summary: Ksh allows exiting restricted mode, besides documented as not allowing
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification: Red Hat
Component: ksh
Version: 7.9
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
unspecified
low
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Vincent Mihalkovič
QA Contact: Karel Volný
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Blocks: 1948588
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Reported: 2021-04-12 14:20 UTC by Paulo Andrade
Modified: 2023-06-28 14:17 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2023-06-28 14:17:27 UTC
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Description Paulo Andrade 2021-04-12 14:20:20 UTC
From manual page:

              -r      Enables  the  restricted  shell.   This option cannot be
                      unset once set.

  But one can exit it with:

$ set +r

  One can work an a restricted shell with:

+ Create a ~/.profile that sets PATH to, for example, /rbin
+ Add symbolic links to /rbin, e.g.
  # ln -sf /bin/ls /rbin
+ Remove any unwanted environment variable or function from
  ~/.profile with unset.

  Above works with bash, on basic tests using .bash_profile:

export PATH=/rbin
unset command_not_found_handle

and user shell set to /bin/rbash

  Restricted shells overall are somewhat of a fragile solution,
but if the environment is really very small, it is a somewhat
safe option.

Comment 3 Vincent Mihalkovič 2023-06-28 14:17:20 UTC
Upstream commit: https://github.com/ksh93/ksh/commit/74b4162178c8a2347491b9fd3a22d8e6e1b7e831

Thus this bug is fixed in ksh on all versions of rhel-9 and higher.

Comment 4 RHEL Program Management 2023-06-28 14:17:27 UTC
Development Management has reviewed and declined this request. You may appeal this decision by reopening this request.


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