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Re: [PATCH] Add git-shell.

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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date
Oct 24, 2005, 00:52 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.64.0510231751040.10477@g5.osdl.org>
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On Sun, 23 Oct 2005, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> This adds a very git specific restricted shell, that can be
> added to /etc/shells and set to the pw_shell in the /etc/passwd
> file, to give users ability to push into repositories over ssh
> without giving them full interactive shell acount.

Did you actually test that it works as somebody's login-shell and can be used for pushing?

I think it should add "pull" functionality too, so that you can have restricted reading (hey, git may be open source, but not everything that is maintained in it necessarily will be..)

			Linus
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Message 19 of 30 in “Server side programs”
  1. Andreas EricssonOct 22, 2005
  2. Junio C HamanoOct 23, 2005
  3. Andreas EricssonOct 23, 2005
  4. Petr BaudisOct 23, 2005
  5. Junio C HamanoOct 23, 2005
  6. Petr BaudisOct 23, 2005
  7. Junio C HamanoOct 23, 2005
  8. Daniel BarkalowOct 24, 2005
  9. Andreas EricssonOct 25, 2005
  10. Junio C HamanoOct 23, 2005
  11. Linus TorvaldsOct 23, 2005
  12. Junio C HamanoOct 23, 2005
  13. Junio C HamanoOct 23, 2005
  14. H. Peter AnvinOct 24, 2005
  15. Linus TorvaldsOct 24, 2005
  16. H. Peter AnvinOct 24, 2005
  17. Junio C HamanoOct 24, 2005
  18. Add git-shell.Junio C Hamano, Oct 24, 2005
  19. Linus TorvaldsOct 24, 2005
  20. Linus TorvaldsOct 24, 2005
  21. Junio C HamanoOct 24, 2005
  22. Junio C HamanoOct 24, 2005
  23. git_progname (was: Re: User-relative paths)Andreas Ericsson, Oct 25, 2005
  24. Petr BaudisOct 25, 2005
  25. Andreas EricssonOct 25, 2005
  26. Andreas EricssonOct 25, 2005
  27. Petr BaudisOct 25, 2005
  28. Junio C HamanoOct 26, 2005
  29. Matthias UrlichsOct 27, 2005
  30. Linus TorvaldsOct 23, 2005

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