[ale] User restrictions

[Scott Nolde]

Stuffed Crust wrote:
> 
> On Sat, Sep 02, 2000 at 01:01:19PM -0400, Scott Nolde wrote:
> > On a RH6.2 system, how do I restrict logged in users from seeing
> > anything outside their ~/user directory?
> 
> If you don't trust them that much, don't give them an account.  Seriously.
> 
> you could chroot the shell they use, but then you'll break a LOT of
> things, especially if you want to let them actually _do_ anything.
> 
>  - Pizza
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Mandrake-Linux had a 'secure' install which gave users access to only
their home directories.  They had access to all the shell commands and
mail, too.  So, what special configuration is being used for that?

- Scott

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