build an appliance without a shell

[ken_i_m () fatair net]

On Thu, Mar 04, 2004 at 02:29:41AM -0800, arlen (arlen () hushmail com) wrote:
> asked the S.E. about shells - does it have one? Is there any way of getting
> a full interactive shell on this thing?

I was just handed a task yesterday to build a single function "toaster" 
to be hung outside the firewall on its own public IP.  I have thought 
about building various appliance in the past so it is not a new idea. 
Building an OS from the ground up using a linux kernel is not a big 
deal either.  But after reading the thread from which I took the above 
quote I am left with "shell == bad" therefore no shell.  ???
-- 
Ken Dyke
"Bits at the speed of light"
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