Re: restricted shell
On Sat, Aug 21, 1999 at 12:18:41PM -0500, Brad wrote
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> On Sat, 21 Aug 1999, J Horacio MG wrote:
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> > > bash has a -r option, this may bee what you want.
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> > Fine, I somehow thought there existed some sort of restrictive shell.
> > How do you create such a user... ie. a user with a default bash -r
> > shell?
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> Checking the manpage, bash gives the same effect if started as "rbash".
> The Debian bash package automatically installs the /bin/rbash symlink, so
> all you have to do is change the user's shell in /etc/passwd.
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You also have to ensure that /bin/rbash appears in /etc/shells, or
they get even less access than you had probably intended...
John P.
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