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Restrict Unix User to a Single Directory
Name: Ramesh Date: July 30, 2002 at 01:51:41 Pacific
Comment:
Hi ,
I want a unix(Unix Ware 7.1.1)user not to roam around in any of the directories other than his home directory . for which i did the following things
Created an user for him with the home directory , i took the ownesrship of the file as root and made it with read permissions and removed the path all the executables from his directory and copied the needed excuteble in his directory , but still with cd command which is build in shell he is able to come out of the directory which is the main thing i dont want to happen ? Any help ?
Name: PaulS Date: July 30, 2002 at 06:54:56 Pacific
Reply:
You may want to consider providing a restricted shell for the user. Or see if the shell your giving this user supports the -r option (ksh has a -r option). That would prevent a 'cd' command.
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