maybe you can do something with the bash's restrictive shell, bash -r or
/bin/rbash. i set a test account's shell to /bin/rbash i wasn't able to
get a KDE login but you might be able to do some magic to get it working.

just a thought.

James Dickens wrote:
> On 8/31/06, phcolaris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> hi folk,
>>
>> I'm looking for a way how to keep users in their home directories - so
>> that SGD/Ray users can't go and see other users and the root file
>> system, simply not leave their /home/~ directory
>> I've been playing around with few options (eg SUDO,containers or jail),
>> but that isn't the right answer.
>>
> The only way I see that this could be done that is pseudo painless
> other than directory permissions is have each user dumped into there
> own Zone on a remote box, when they logged in, while they would have
> access to other filesystems, it would only be a default install, no
> other users files would be accessible. No changes could be made  even
> if they some how gained root because most of the files would be
> readonly. Since the operating system is now free and opensource, they
> would have complete access to this information anyway, they could just
> install there own copy and or view the source at cvs.opensolaris.org.
> To add an extra layer of protection you could start out with an
> extremely minimal install of solaris on the machine with the zones on
> it, then add only the applications the user would need to do his work.
> No other applications or user information would be availible to them.
> 
> The other option is trusted Solaris 8 or trusted extensions to Solaris
> express, I've never used either product but they are some of the most
> secure OSes availible so it may be a possiblity of course there
> security features may preclude it from being used with sunray clients,
> i'm not sure.
> 
> 
> James Dickens
> uadmin.blogspot.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> does anyone use SGD/Ray on the same server?
>> any tips on user management for this particular situation?
>>
>> thanks,
>> -philip
>>
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