Re: /etc/shells (was Re: procmail)

[wln () evolution com (W Lee Nussbaum)]

On Thu, 8 Aug 1996, Sam Quigley wrote:

> As far as I know, this has not been implemented -- but I think it would
> be useful.  The key to implementing a system like this is the system's
> extensibility -- the system needs to be easily extended to fill unseen
> future needs, etc.

I've looked earlier in the thread, and couldn't find any OS-specific
context, so wanted to point out:

http://www.bsdi.com/bsdi-man?proto=1.0&apropos=0&section=ALL&query=login.conf

for some info on BSD/OS's classed-login feature.

[to perhaps avoid the 'yet-another-approach' problem]
 - Lee