Would a web server work?
That would allow authentication, and restrict the user(s) to only running
specified scripts.
bash -r
(man bash -> RESTRICTED SHELL)
might also be helpful - I've never tried it out, so can't comment on how
usable (or - from the restricted user's perspective - how unusable) it is.
This is what I need to do
Allow a (non-linux) user to login
Automatically display a menu (ncurses or other - there is no X running)
In the menu they will have a few options
- Shutdown
- Reboot
- Run a predefined command
- Exit/Logout
They should not have access to anything else or the ability to run any
other commands (I'm thinking chroot, but that is not too important and may
introduce more complexities). As they will already have physical access to
the system, security is not that high a priority. I don't
_______________________________________________
clug-talk mailing list
[email protected]
http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php)
**Please remove these lines when replying
