[comp.sys.att] Rsh problems

sysop@stech.UUCP (Jan Harrington) (08/02/87)

A couple of months ago we moved our bbs from an AT&T 7300 to a 3B2/400.
BBS users log on into individual accounts under the restricted shell
(/bin/rsh). The BBS shell scripts which worked on the 7300 don't work
on the 3B2 in a couple of cases, and I'm stumped!

1. Mail doesn't work.  When a restricted shell user types mail, the 3B2
will accept the typed message, but doesn't seem to recognize CTRL-D or 
a period in the first postion on a line to send the message.

2. The line L=`expr $L + 1` generates a syntax error, though the script
containing that line works perfectly under the standard shell (/bin/sh).

Any hints or clues would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

Jan Harrington, sysop
Scholastech Telecommunications
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