On Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 09:21:06AM -0500, Jeremy Warren wrote: > Does anyone know of a simple/quick way to setup a GUARANTEED read-only > access to a linux guest? > > Maybe some type of read-only telnet/ssh daemon? I couldn't find a switch > to either of them.
What you need is a limited user and a limited shell. > > Basically I need to grant read-only access to a system to a group of users > so they can look at an application, > > However the user/group/world file permissions for other reasons don't allow > me to guarantee that these users will have read-only. Look for keywords "kiosk" and "restricted shell". It is also possible to set up a chroot-ed shell for that user (or group of users). This may be a waste of disk space, and not always applicable. But sometimes can be very valuable. -- Tzafrir Cohen +---------------------------+ http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir/ |vim is a mutt's best friend| mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] +---------------------------+
