This question can mean any of several things, so it is hard to answer in any
really helpful way. Slackware is pretty much the same as any version of
Linux, so these comments apply more generally.
1. Restrict access to directories and files by making them readable only by
their owners, so other users (except for root) cannot access them. ("man
chmod" for details)
2. Restrict access from particular places by using the tcpd package in your
inetd.conf calls for telnet and ftp, and using the files /etc/hosts.allow
and /etc/hosts.deny to control access. ("man 5 hosts_access" for details)
3. Restrict some users from being able to ftp in by putting restrictions in
/etc/ftpusers ("man ftpusers" for details)
4. Prevent users from logging in by giving them a shell that bounces them
off. (No man page here, I'm afraid, but you might use this if, say, you want
people to have accounts so they can receive mail, which they download via
POP3 or IMAP, but not so they can have shell access.)
I can think of about a half dozen more things you might have meant, but by
now you see my problem. Ask a more specific question and I'll try to give
you more specific help.
At 02:19 PM 8/2/99 +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>how do I restrict the access of users in Slackware?
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