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Old 04-21-2009, 06:03 PM   #1
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Lock users in Home Directory in Shell

Hi, how do you lock a user in their home directory in shell? Is there a special app I can easily install and specify this?

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Old 04-21-2009, 06:18 PM   #2
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i havn't used it myself but i think what you are looking for is called a chroot jail
http://www.fuschlberger.net/programs...p-chroot-jail/
http://olivier.sessink.nl/jailkit/
 
Old 04-21-2009, 06:55 PM   #3
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AFAICT you already have a perfectly good thread for this issue, so I'm closing this one.
 
  


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