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.

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