john@csrnxt1.ae.utexas.edu (John R. Schutz) (08/15/90)
Hello once again! I thank the many people who sent replies to my earlier question about limiting access to a certain user to only run our nn newsreader. Anyways, here is a summary of responses: One person said (this is basically what it meant): forget it, if you want to restrict access, restrict COMPLETE access, i.e. don't let them on. Many, many people said that I should edit the .login or .profile file to automatically go into nn. The problem with this is that nn has a shell escape, but I am hacking that bit out for this user Also, the editor I use has a shell escape, but I don't have the source for this. One person said that I should write a C program to do something similiar to the above. But it also has the same holes. One person said use rsh, or the "restricted shell". This seemed like the best solution at the time, but I checked and the only rsh I have stands for "remote shell". I am currently looking into this. Pointers to source would be appreciated. So this leaves me at the point of finding an editor that has no shell-escaping capabilities. Any ideas on this one? <Waits for another mailbox flood.> Anyways, thanks everyone for the replies. If anyone needs the examples that these many kind people sent, send mail, and I will send back all the replies I received. Thank you. john -- | John R. Schutz | Internet&NeXTmail: john@csrnxt1.ae.utexas.edu | | Center for Space Research | Standard Disclaimer | "I'm mentally | | Programmer (NeXT) | unstable, cracked, and clinically insane. | | Etc. | Besides that, I'm perfectly normal." -me |