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Version 1.8 Released

Item posted by Sergey Poznyakoff <gray> on Sat 01 Oct 2016 09:20:33 AM UTC.

GNU Rush version 1.8 is available for download from Main GNU and GNU.ORG.UA archives.

New in this version:

rushlast and rushwho


Select the most suitable time representation for the duration field, depending on the requested width.

Chroot Handling


If chroot is requested, re-read the password database after chrooting.

Supplementary User Groups


Set supplementary groups when switching to user privileges.

Change Provisions for Interactive Shell Usage


Interactive rules are marked with the keyword "interactive".  Only such rules are considered when rush is invoked without the -c option.  Support for the old (global) interactive keyword is discontinued.

The "env" Statement


The env statement can contain references to unmodified environment variables.  E.g. this is now valid:


  env PATH=/sbin:$PATH


Testsuite is Provided

 

Bugfixes


  • Minor fix in TXPMUX code.


  • Fix CVE-2013-6889


Manpages are Provided


 

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