[wellylug] permission on /

Chris Hodgetts chris at archnetnz.com
Mon Apr 5 16:18:09 NZST 2004


what happens if a user wanted to access 
/dev/null
That would be a shame, lots of info held there......


On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 15:56, E.Chalaron wrote:
> > Then why not just remove their login access altogether?
> 
> and install windows.... good idea. :-)
> 
> > I assume you're trying to lock down your machine somehow - can you explain
> > what you're trying to achieve? Fiddling with permissions on / is probably
> > *not* what you want to do...
> 
> I need a file server with some access rights on /home/joe for joe and 
> /home/bill for bill, without the possibility for them to go anywhere else.
> 
> Thanks
> Edouard
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day Microsoft starts making vacuum cleaners. " -- Ernst Jan Plugge
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