1 /* getusershell.c -- Return names of valid user shells.
3 Copyright (C) 1991, 1997, 2000-2001, 2003-2006, 2008-2024 Free Software
6 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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11 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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17 along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
19 /* Written by David MacKenzie <djm@gnu.ai.mit.edu> */
28 /* File containing a list of nonrestricted shells, one per line. */
29 # define SHELLS_FILE "/etc/shells"
31 /* This is a horrible kludge. Isn't there a better way? */
32 # define SHELLS_FILE "/dev/env/DJDIR/etc/shells"
44 #if ! defined ADDITIONAL_DEFAULT_SHELLS && defined __MSDOS__
45 # define ADDITIONAL_DEFAULT_SHELLS \
46 "c:/dos/command.com", "c:/windows/command.com", "c:/command.com",
48 # define ADDITIONAL_DEFAULT_SHELLS /* empty */
51 /* List of shells to use if the shells file is missing. */
52 static char const* const default_shells
[] =
54 ADDITIONAL_DEFAULT_SHELLS
55 "/bin/sh", "/bin/csh", "/usr/bin/sh", "/usr/bin/csh", NULL
58 /* Index of the next shell in 'default_shells' to return.
59 0 means we are not using 'default_shells'. */
60 static size_t default_index
= 0;
62 /* Input stream from the shells file. */
63 static FILE *shellstream
= NULL
;
65 /* Line of input from the shells file. */
66 static char *line
= NULL
;
68 /* Number of bytes allocated for 'line'. */
69 static size_t line_size
= 0;
71 /* Return an entry from the shells file, ignoring comment lines.
72 If the file doesn't exist, use the list in DEFAULT_SHELLS (above).
73 In any case, the returned string is in memory allocated through malloc.
74 Return NULL if there are no more entries. */
79 if (default_index
> 0)
81 if (default_shells
[default_index
])
82 /* Not at the end of the list yet. */
83 return xstrdup (default_shells
[default_index
++]);
87 if (shellstream
== NULL
)
89 shellstream
= fopen (SHELLS_FILE
, "r");
90 if (shellstream
== NULL
)
92 /* No shells file. Use the default list. */
94 return xstrdup (default_shells
[0]);
100 ssize_t nread
= getline (&line
, &line_size
, shellstream
);
105 /* Skip empty lines. */
109 char *comment
= strchr (start
, '#');
114 /* Trim the comment mark. */
120 /* Trim the newline. */
126 /* Skip leading whitespace. */
127 while (start
< end
&& isspace ((unsigned char) start
[0]))
129 /* Trim trailing whitespace. */
130 while (start
< end
&& isspace ((unsigned char) end
[-1]))
133 /* Only return absolute file names. */
134 if (start
< end
&& IS_ABSOLUTE_FILE_NAME (start
))
140 /* Rewind the shells file. */
147 rewind (shellstream
);
150 /* Close the shells file. */
157 fclose (shellstream
);
168 while (s
= getusershell ())