[svlug] making a very stripped down shell (korn, csh, etc.)

[Dan Martinez]

> I've got a problem where I need to write my own scripting language to run
> some programs I've written myself.  I don't want to run a standard shell
> because I want it to be very restricted in what it can do.  That is, it
> don't want it to to go through the normal linux authentication, I don't want
> it to have access to the file system, I just want to be able to use it's
> scripting and parsing functionality.

Various other software projects have implemented so-called "restricted
shells". Googling for the term gets you a reasonable cross-section:

http://www.google.com/search?q=restricted+shell

Might one of these make a viable starting point?

Dan