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From: wescott@Columbia.NCR.COM (Mike Wescott)
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Subject: Re: /rsh and /usr/bin/mailx - are they incompatible?
Keywords: rsh,mailx,restricted,mail
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Date: 20 Jul 90 17:19:20 GMT
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In article <1733@tssi.UUCP> nolan@tssi.UUCP (Michael Nolan) writes:
> I'm trying to set up some restricted accounts

Don't rely on rsh to be very secure, I've been told that
it is fairly easy to break.

> When I try to use /usr/bin/mailx, I get the following message:
>           sh: /usr/ucb/more: restricted

> I'm assuming this is because mailx is trying to use more and can't, because
> rsh doesn't allow execution of programs with paths using '/'. 

Correct.  I suspect that the environment variable PAGER is set
to /usr/ucb/more.  Change it so that it is no longer an absolute
pathname and it should work.
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	-Mike Wescott
	 mike.wescott@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM