Re: Restricted Shells or Menu Based Shells

From: s@avoidant.org
Date: 03/05/02 

Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2002 12:23:20 -0500
From: s@avoidant.org
To: focus-linux@securityfocus.com

Steffen Dettmer wrote:

> The standard linux ftp client drops a shell if you say
> !/bin/bash
> IIRC. You can type any command after "!".

Drops you to a shell on your local box, not the remote one. At least in
my experience.

---sambo

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