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[Benoit PAPILLAULT <benoit.papillault AT sourcemage.org>]

Andrew reported that "0.9.3 installer doesnt install /etc/shells" (See 
http://bugs.sourcemage.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8160, 0.9.3). Apparently, 
none of the ISO installer did so for quite a long time.

According to the shells(5) and getusershell(3) man page, this file 
records the full pathname of valid login shells. It is used for security 
purpose (for instance in kdm).

Since we are several people working in the ISO Team right now, and thus, 
it's not related only to the 0.9.3 release, I'd like to have some input 
on this file, at least from our security guru!

I think this file should be updated by each shell spell (bash, tcsh, 
zsh, pdksh, ...) in some post-installation scripts.

Inputs, comments are welcome.

Benoit PAPILLAULT, ISO guru