Re: Permissions

2000-05-26 Thread Magnus
You could just change the user's shell. it's not too hard to write a small program that simply says "This login is not valid for telnet service" which then pauses for long enough to read the message and exits sending the user out. That's what I did when I had an FTP-only user... On Thu, 25 May

Re: Suse 6.4 on DVD

2000-05-26 Thread Edward Craig
On Thu, 25 May 2000, Jim K wrote: Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 21:57:05 -0700 From: Jim K [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Suse 6.4 on DVD Hi Folks; I just saw SUSE 6.4 on DVD that is right DVD for sale on www.PCMALL.com I suspect it is only one or 2 disk set bet for the suse fans it may be a good

Re: wireless lan - airport

2000-05-26 Thread Linux Rocks!
Curt, Ok... so you dont own the network, thats the issue, you own 3 out of 128 ip's. In this case definetly use your isp's gateway (whatever they suggest you use (usually x.x.x.1), your broadcast will probably be x.x.x.127, network address would be x.x.x.0, but you dont need to worry

Re: Dual boot installation

2000-05-26 Thread Stephen A. Brenner
Hi Seth, Does SUSE 6.3 have the new LILO? Thanks, Steve On Fri, 26 May 2000, Seth Cohn wrote: tried it. Lilo will work as long as you first cyl of your partition is under 1024 :) The new lilo will work with any size drive. It's a worthwhile upgrade. If you want a fresh install,

Re: Permissions

2000-05-26 Thread Dave Wyatt
Okay, I got out the ole book(s) and found the answer to the first part of my question which was how to restrict the user during FTP. It seems that adding guestgroup groupname to the etc/ftpaccess file will allow the setting of the users root directory during FTP. The user is given normal

Re: Permissions

2000-05-26 Thread Seth Cohn
Too bad this doesn't work for Telnet also. The user logs-in to the correct directory but can move about as he wishes. I am not sure how to implement the change in the users' shell as suggested below but I am still reading and trying things.. The problem really is that in order to function

Re: Permissions

2000-05-26 Thread Dave Wyatt
- Original Message - From: "Seth Cohn" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 2:46 PM Subject: Re: Permissions Too bad this doesn't work for Telnet also. The user logs-in to the correct directory but can move about as he wishes. I am not sure how to

Re: Permissions

2000-05-26 Thread Seth Cohn
I really only want them to have FTP available. Telnet is not necessary at all. Am I wrong in the thought that Telnet comes with the territory as a user on the system? Yes, you are wrong. :) Telnet is a service like any other. You can disable telnet altogether. I often do. SSH is much better

test

2000-05-26 Thread Michael C. King
is this going thru?

Re: Permissions

2000-05-26 Thread Randolph Fritz
On Fri, May 26, 2000 at 02:46:26PM -0700, Seth Cohn wrote: Too bad this doesn't work for Telnet also. The user logs-in to the correct directory but can move about as he wishes. I am not sure how to implement the change in the users' shell as suggested below but I am still reading and

Re: test

2000-05-26 Thread Linux Rocks!
no! On Fri, 26 May 2000, Michael C. King wrote: is this going thru?

right on!

2000-05-26 Thread Michael C. King
finally! LOL someone gave me a lug-eug addy, and i tried every variant until a cat suggested reversing the order. I'd like to sign up to join the linux users group. been jonesin to put a red hat on my puter for years now, but haven't had a puter to put it on. my old laptop is about to be

Re: right on!

2000-05-26 Thread Linda Carpenter
well, I can trade a fine Linux machine for your laptop, I'll even install RedHat 6.1 for you if you want! LindaC - Original Message - From: "Michael C. King" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: "Michael C. King" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 5:40 PM Subject: