> I'd like to create a really restricted user on my laptop. I don't > want the user to be able to do much of anything but browse the web, > use skype, and maybe look at photos on a CD or something. I did this: > > useradd -m -G users,audio,cdrom -s /sbin/nologin newuser > > How does that look? I've noticed when adding this kind of a user in > the past they are able to look at files all around the system that I'd > prefer they can't. Is there a good method for restricting that? > Maybe remove the users group? Is a weak password OK with this setup > since there's no shell access?
Apparently -s /sbin/nologin wasn't such a good idea since the user then can't log in via GDM. Makes sense. I want the user to be able to log in via GDM but not via ssh. Is that configured in ssh? - Grant -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
