Re: How to restrict user access to internet ?
On Tuesday, 21 March 2006 22:00, Mark Niven wrote:
> Hello all!
>
> I have a single box running sid with effectively always on broadband
> internet access through ethernet and adsl modem, using pppoe. I need a
> simple way (not for example squid which would use a lot of resources
> unnecessarily) to disable access to the internet for some users (that is
> smaller children) whilst not making it more difficult for others (my wife),
> such as by requiring manual login/logout each time.
>
> I'm sure there's an obvious answer to this but I have not found it by
> searching either the mailing list archives or wider google searches. Help
> would be very much appreciated.
>
> Mark Niven
You could try creating a group consisting of "allowed" users, and then remove
rw access to the device for others. Alternatively, set access permissions on
the relevant binaries to reflect the same group access privileges.
cheers
Duncan
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