[comp.emacs] restricted gnu-emacs?

boberg@june.cs.washington.edu (Bruce Oberg) (10/14/88)

hi folks

how hard is it to get gnu emacs into a "restricted" mode (that is, the
user can only change certain files, can't create any, can't start up
a shell, etc...) ? i'd like to use gnu-emacs as the shell for a
programming contest, but need to be able to severely restrict the users
system-wide abilites while still maintaining a flexible editing
environment. any ideas? remember, i'm new to gnu.

thanks

bruce oberg
boberg@cs.washington.edu