Linux Limited Access User Account

Anthony J. Gabrielson agabriel at coe.neu.edu
Mon Nov 22 08:57:43 EST 1999


Hello,
	If you check out bash shell you can run it as bash -r which is
restricted.  Users are only allowed to use files that are in there home
directory.  You may have to put telnet in their home directory though.

Hope thats a help,
Anthony

On Sun, 19 Dec 1999, Huy Le wrote:

> Is there a way to create a limited access user account on Linux?  I'm
> running RH6.0 and would like to create an user account with telnet capable,
> but the user may only access what available in his/her home directory.  My
> first thought is to set PATH to only his/her home directory, and then
> disable top level directory navigation, that's is to disable the "cd
> /[directory]" command.  However, I don't know to whether it's possible to
> disable top level directory navigation. Any hints/helps are greatly
> appreciated.
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Huy
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