Re[2]: kernel patches
Then they only have to compile their own version. Openwall shows only
you when you run 'w' but shows everyone if you 'who'. Anyone know
why?
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Kevin - cog@iwz.com
-- Original message --
> Am Freitag, 9. März 2001 23:40 schrieb Robert Mognet:
>> Hello,
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 05:03:55PM +0100, Niklas H?glund wrote:
>> > Hi!
>> > Anyone know where I can find a kernel patch that restricts users so..
>> > 'who' shows only the user himself
>> "who" is not a kernel function, it's a system utility.
>>
>> Something like this will work:
>> alias who="me=`whoami`; who | grep $me"
>> You could put it in /home/user/.bashrc ...
> Brilliant idea. The user then does
> unalias who
> and the restrictions are gone.
> The Openwall and LIDS Patches should provide some functionality to restrict
> users from doing some things they are not supposed to. If one really needs a
> system which is strongly tied up one maybe even has to change some utilities
> to provide a different and more restrictive behaviour (i.e. who only
> returning oneself, for example)
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