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FS#56652 - [mksh] root login can fail when package is removed

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by Matthew T. Hoare (Head_on_a_Stick) - Sunday, 10 December 2017, 00:04 GMT
Last edited by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Sunday, 10 December 2017, 03:36 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:

If the root login shell is set to /bin/mksh then removing the mksh package leaves the root account unable to login; this also applies to any other users who have mksh as their login shell.

Steps to reproduce:

Run `chsh -s /bin/mksh` as root then remove the mksh package and attempt to log in as root.

I have included a patch to mksh.install that addresses this issue for my mksh-static package, the extra functions are "stolen" from the ksh93 AUR package so they should be good ;)
   mksh.install.patch (1.8 KiB)
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Closed by  Doug Newgard (Scimmia)
Sunday, 10 December 2017, 03:36 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  So don't do that

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