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Re:Restricted Shells: Sometimes Persuasive but Usually Falla... by matthewbauer on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @07:25PM (#19385020)
Can it execute direct paths to files or is it restricted to what is in PATH?
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Re:Restricted Shells: Sometimes Persuasive but Usually Falla... by LukeShu on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @07:31PM (#19385061)
It is restricted to what is in PATH. Among other things, it disallows "Setting or unsetting the values of the … PATH… variables.", and disallows "Specifying command names containing slashes."

https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/The-Restr...

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