RBASH(1) General Commands Manual RBASH(1)
NAME
rbash - restricted bash, see bash(1)
RESTRICTED SHELL
If bash is started with the name rbash, or the -r option is supplied at
invocation, the shell becomes restricted. A restricted shell is used
to set up an environment more controlled than the standard shell. It
behaves identically to bash with the exception that the following are
disallowed or not performed:
• changing directories with cd
• setting or unsetting the values of SHELL, PATH, HISTFILE, ENV,
or BASH_ENV
• specifying command names containing /
• specifying a filename containing a / as an argument to the .
builtin command
• specifying a filename containing a slash as an argument to the
history builtin command
• specifying a filename containing a slash as an argument to the
-p option to the hash builtin command
• importing function definitions from the shell environment at
startup
• parsing the value of SHELLOPTS from the shell environment at
startup
• redirecting output using the >, >|, <>, >&, &>, and >> redirec-
tion operators
• using the exec builtin command to replace the shell with another
command
• adding or deleting builtin commands with the -f and -d options
to the enable builtin command
• using the enable builtin command to enable disabled shell
builtins
• specifying the -p option to the command builtin command
• turning off restricted mode with set +r or shopt -u re-
stricted_shell.
These restrictions are enforced after any startup files are read.
When a command that is found to be a shell script is executed, rbash
turns off any restrictions in the shell spawned to execute the script.
SEE ALSO
bash(1)
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