Re: restrict gnome desktop user.
joeb wrote: How do it configure gnome to restrict users to their home directory? I don't want them to be able see any system directories or other users? Dont know about gnome per se but you can use chroot/jails to restrict users to see only stuffs you want them to see for any environment. Just build the chroot and copy over the gnome-specific binaries to its chrooted-equivalent (copy or link /usr/bin/gnome-panel to /home/chrooted/johndoe/usr/bin/gnome-panel). I do not know of any tools that does this automatically and also I do not know how gdm will work out. e.g - Normal /home/johndoe/ | |___ .bashrc |___ .sig chrooted /home/chroot/johndoe/ | |__ bin/ |__ usr/ -- en0f ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: restrict gnome desktop user.
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of en0f Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 2:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ORG Subject: Re: restrict gnome desktop user. joeb wrote: How do it configure gnome to restrict users to their home directory? I don't want them to be able see any system directories or other users? Dont know about gnome per se but you can use chroot/jails to restrict users to see only stuffs you want them to see for any environment. Just build the chroot and copy over the gnome-specific binaries to its chrooted-equivalent (copy or link /usr/bin/gnome-panel to /home/chrooted/johndoe/usr/bin/gnome-panel). I do not know of any tools that does this automatically and also I do not know how gdm will work out. e.g - Normal /home/johndoe/ | |___ .bashrc |___ .sig chrooted /home/chroot/johndoe/ | |__ bin/ |__ usr/ -- en0f ___ WOW this sure seems to be over kill putting each user in a jail. There must be some other way at the user id level or from gnome it self to do this. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
restrict gnome desktop user.
How do it configure gnome to restrict users to their home directory? I don't want them to be able see any system directories or other users? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
