Hello Rudi On 18 Oct 2003 at 11:23, Rudi Starcevic wrote:
> Is there anyway to resistict a non-root user's shell account ? > > For example once he/she is logged in is there any way to deny, say, > reading the /etc/passwd file ? We have a set-up that uses "rbash". The client gets "rbash" as a login shell and his path is preset to a directory that has a few chosen executables in it. (In our case this is not much more than rsync). I suspect a determined hacker could get around this, but it discourages most abusers. Regards Ian -- Ian Forbes ZSD http://www.zsd.co.za Office: +27 21 683-1388 Fax: +27 21 674-1106 Snail Mail: P.O. Box 46827, Glosderry, 7702, South Africa -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
