Re: Failed bash -r command returns 0 exit status

[Chet Ramey]

On 5/24/10 2:48 AM, Pitt, David wrote:

> Bash Version: 4.1
> Patch Level: 0
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
>         Prohibited restricted shell command doesn't always return
> non-zero exit
>         status.
> 
>         Executing "/bin/ls" under a restricted shell returns a non-zero
> exit
>         status, as expected.
> 
>         However executing "/bin/ls && /bin/ls" under a restricted shell
> returns a zero exit
>         status. This is not expected (at least not by me!). Zero exit
> status is returned with
>         any list of commands, e.g. "/bin/ls && :".
>          
>         I need to know whether a command list executed under a
> restricted shell
>         succeeded or failed.

I will tighten up the return status when restricted commands fail for the
next version of bash.

Chet

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