and the question is.... how do i do this..!!! ???? what would the steps be?? can you give me any pointers/precise directions!!! thanks!! -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Alex Dyas Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 8:55 AM To: bedouglas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: Re: set up account/group with limited access bruce wrote: > hi, > > i want to setup a group/user to have limited access to a box. basically, i > want to give a user the ability to login to the system, but not be able to > do anything. ie, i don't want the user to be able to read/write/execute > anything other than login to the system. > > i'd like to setup a group, if possible, that is configured with these > restrictions. i'd then like to be able to have each user belong to this > group, thereby having the restrictions that i mentioned... > > any ideas/thoughts on how i would/should go about doiing this?? > > in case you're wondering why i'd need this, i'm using puTTY to allow users > to access a website on a server, but i want to restrict access to users via > logging into the website, as well as via a cheap tunnel to the server via > puTTY. this should give me a realtively cheap/reasonably secure process for > users accessing the site.. > > thanks for any comments/pointers/etc... > > i'm using rh8.0 Hi Bruce, You may want to look at replacing the normal user's shell with a script that doesn't let them do anything, but keeps them logged in for the session. I've used this technique in the past to create a simple menu system for users that would otherwise get lost on the command line. Put the users in un-privaledged groups for added security. Alex.. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
