On Thursday 09 August 2001 00:31, Lonnie Cumberland wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I am new to the list but have been using Mandrake for some time now and
> think that it is great!!!
>
> I would like to know if there is a way, or even some kind of kernel patch,
> to prevent a user from navigating out of their home direcotry?
>
> I know that by setting up the permissions properly you can prevent users
> from entering a specific directory, but I would like to prevent them from
> leaving a particular directory.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Lonnie Cumberland
> OutStep Technologies Incorporated
>
> URL: http://www.outstep.com
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You want rbash (which does not seem to exist in Mandrake 8, perhaps you could
do a soft link), or bash -r. If you make this the users start up shell, it
will have the desired effect.
mg