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From: sysop@stech.UUCP (Jan Harrington)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.sys.att
Subject: Rsh problems
Message-ID: <113@stech.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 2-Aug-87 00:22:31 EDT
Article-I.D.: stech.113
Posted: Sun Aug  2 00:22:31 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 2-Aug-87 20:11:04 EDT
Organization: Scholastech, Inc., Waltham, Mass.
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Keywords: Unix, Restricted shell
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A couple of months ago we moved our bbs from an AT&T 7300 to a 3B2/400.
BBS users log on into individual accounts under the restricted shell
(/bin/rsh). The BBS shell scripts which worked on the 7300 don't work
on the 3B2 in a couple of cases, and I'm stumped!

1. Mail doesn't work.  When a restricted shell user types mail, the 3B2
will accept the typed message, but doesn't seem to recognize CTRL-D or 
a period in the first postion on a line to send the message.

2. The line L=`expr $L + 1` generates a syntax error, though the script
containing that line works perfectly under the standard shell (/bin/sh).

Any hints or clues would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

Jan Harrington, sysop
Scholastech Telecommunications
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