wjc@ho5cad.ATT.COM (09/14/87)
Posting-Front-End: GNU Emacs 18.47.1 of Fri Jun 26 1987 on ho5cad (usg-unix-v) In article <129@bcsfse.UUCP> bill@bcsfse.UUCP (Bill Sears) writes: > We are designing a system and want to give the (ab)users the capability > of using the shell for certain tasks (e.g. editing personal files, reading > mail, etc.). The problem is that the users have to have access to certain > ... > works). What we are actually looking for is being able to let the users > do anything they want within their "home tree", so that they can create > and change directories, files, etc. in their own area, but can't go higher > than their home directory. We are anticipating having to write a special You didn't say, so let me ask. Did you consider using "chroot()" to restrict the users to a particular subtree of the file systems? This can be very attractive if it still lets you get done everything you otherwise want. May have been a slip of the keyboard, but did you really mean that you want them to be able to "read mail, etc" but not "go higher than their home directories? Hmmm, a tough one. Bill Carpenter (AT&T gateways)!ho5cad!wjc HO 1L-410, (201)949-8392