Subject: Re: [PATCH] "git shell" won't work, need "git-shell"

From: Paolo Bonzini <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:44:42 +0200

>> At the minimum, git-shell(1) should explain that one needs to use the
>> libexec path.
> 
> Or maybe the real issue can be fixed?  Namely that your configuration does 
> not work?  That would involve you actually finding out what's happening, 
> though.

He said so:

> The shell field in /etc/passwd is *exec*ed, not interpreted via sh -c
> or some such. For example, source of Debian's shadow, containing
> /bin/login:
> 
> libmisc/shell.c:80:	execle (file, arg, (char *) 0, envp);
> 
> I also tested this for real, and having a
> 
> test:x:1001:1001:,,,:/home/test:/usr/bin/git-shell
> 
> line works, and
> 
> test:x:1001:1001:,,,:/home/test:/usr/bin/git shell
> 
> just makes ssh loop asking for a password, logging
> 
> "User test not allowed because shell /usr/bin/git shell does not exist"
> 
> So, as far as I understand, as it currently is, "git shell" is utterly
> useless for what it was meant to do. Restoring "git-shell" will fix
> it.

Rephrasing your question, do you (Dscho) actually know *anyone* who has
a working setup with "/usr/bin/git shell" in /etc/passwd?

Paolo