Re: [PATCH] "git shell" won't work, need "git-shell"

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At the minimum, git-shell(1) should explain that one needs to use the
libexec path.

Or maybe the real issue can be fixed?  Namely that your configuration does 
not work?  That would involve you actually finding out what's happening, 
though.

He said so:

The shell field in /etc/passwd is *exec*ed, not interpreted via sh -c
or some such. For example, source of Debian's shadow, containing
/bin/login:

libmisc/shell.c:80:	execle (file, arg, (char *) 0, envp);

I also tested this for real, and having a

test:x:1001:1001:,,,:/home/test:/usr/bin/git-shell

line works, and

test:x:1001:1001:,,,:/home/test:/usr/bin/git shell

just makes ssh loop asking for a password, logging

"User test not allowed because shell /usr/bin/git shell does not exist"

So, as far as I understand, as it currently is, "git shell" is utterly
useless for what it was meant to do. Restoring "git-shell" will fix
it.

Rephrasing your question, do you (Dscho) actually know *anyone* who has
a working setup with "/usr/bin/git shell" in /etc/passwd?

Paolo