[RFC PATCH v2] Allow applets to be implemented as scripts

Aaro Koskinen aaro.koskinen at iki.fi
Tue Nov 6 19:30:34 UTC 2018


Hi,

On Tue, Nov 06, 2018 at 08:16:33AM +0000, Ron Yorston wrote:
> Now that scripts can be embedded in the BusyBox binary it's possible
> to implement applets as scripts.

I think both of these are nice features!

> +//config:config NOLOGIN
> +//config:   bool "nologin"
> +//config:   default y
> +//config:   depends on ASH_EMBEDDED_SCRIPTS
> +//config:   help
> +//config:   Politely refuse a login

Should users be told they are enabling a scripted applet? E.g. in this
case they should also enable some other busybox applets to make it work
(like "cat")... I wonder how it's going to work in practice.

A.


More information about the busybox mailing list