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Old 07-12-2005, 12:46 PM   #1
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"Guest" Shell?


Anyone know of a program that can be used to create a guest shell on my linux box? Basically, I'm trying to find some way to hugely limit the actions a single account can perform, but I want to be able to let people get a taste of unix shells and play with my sparc64 box. The only thing I have been able to think of would be the creation of a UML system within it from a read-only image that could be easily reset, with strict outbound firewalling.
 
Old 07-12-2005, 01:04 PM   #2
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Depending on your intent, it might be enough to set their login to use a restricted shell.
 
Old 07-12-2005, 01:13 PM   #3
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Thanks. That looks like it might actually work really well. I'm going to set up an account like that and see what damage I can (or can't) do.
 
  


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