Hello, I don't know if defending my own piece of software is relevant or not.
But here is a brief answer to your question. > What's the advantage of lshell compared to rbash[1] ? To sum it up, I think that lshell is more flexible than rbash. Here are some of the features it offers: - restrict users to set of commands - enable/disable sets of commands over ssh (e.g. scp, sftp, rsync etc.) - allow user to access a list of allowed path/directories (when attempting to access to a forbidden, user is warned) - set a max number of warnings, above which user is kicked out (action is logged) - log all users commands - timing restriction (exits user once timer is out) - force the scp destination directory - forbids shell escapes These options are configurable by user/group. In rbash, a set of rules are "hardcoded" as, for example, "specifying command names containing /" or "changing directories with cd", whereas, in this particular case, lshell allows you to set a list of allowed path the user/group is allowed to "cd" to. I hope this answers your question. As lshell has been update since the RFP, here is the up-to-date information: * Package name : lshell Version : 0.9.3 Upstream Author : ghantoos <[email protected]> * URL : http://ghantoos.org/limited-shell-lshell/ * License : GPL Programming Lang: Python Description : Limited Shell (lshell) provides a limited shell configured to each user Best regards, Ignace M -ghantoos- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
