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Old 10-31-2014, 12:54 AM   #1
manoj.linux
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Question mapping the users home directory only


Hi,

I have created users in home directory, my requirement is that users should not able to view other locations on servers like /,etc.

how to do that without affecting existing login of users?

wheather I need to create users once again?
 
Old 10-31-2014, 06:12 PM   #2
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the user will NEED to be able to read
/usr/bin/firefox
and most of the programs in /usr

the default is READ ONLY
what EXACTLY do you NEED to do
and what OS is this
is it a local install you and "they" will be sitting infront of
or
is it a remote system
 
  


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