bash security hole

[Phillip Johnson]

You can also check your shell by doing this:

cat /etc/passwd | grep <username>

In my case, username pjohnson in linux mint:
cat /etc/passwd | grep pjohnson
pjohnson:x:1000:1000:pjohnson,,,:/home/pjohnson:/bin/bash


So I agree update.

Phil


On Fri, 26 Sep 2014 13:13:46 -0700
Steve Riley <steve at rileyz.net> wrote:

> On 2014-09-26 01:05:49 Ralf Mardorf <kde.lists at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > I don't care about the link, anyway, bash is _not_ the default
> > shell for this distro.
> 
> While it's true that /bin/sh points to /bin/dash, it is not true that
> Dash is the default shell when you open a Konsole window. Check for
> yourself:
> 
> 
> steve at t520:~$ ps -p $$
>   PID TTY          TIME CMD
> 18811 pts/1    00:00:00 bash
> 
> --- AND ---
> 
> steve at t520:~$ echo $SHELL
> /bin/bash
> 
> 
> Everyone needs to update now.
> 
> ...Steve
> 
>