Admin stuff

Spyder_Snyper · 01-27-2003, 12:51 PM

I wanted to know how I could block a user's usage of the internet. I am the admin, and I want to know how I can activate and deactivate a user's internet usage at will...

and can you run windows virtually from windows???

dorian33 · 01-27-2003, 01:48 PM

be more specific, because if your computer doesn't act as a router you can't do anything
but i assume your linux box is a router; if so learn iptables.

Proud · 01-27-2003, 01:52 PM

Can you not stop users accessing things like the modem, or services such as pppd?

dorian33 · 01-27-2003, 02:11 PM

Yeah, I don't consider that you can want to block the internet for the users of the same machine...
So, be more specific...

Proud · 01-27-2003, 03:14 PM

I mean cant you set the modem to be owned by a group and only add selected users to it, so only they can use the device to go online?
You should be able to log their actions too, but I dunno about limiting their time online etc.

Btw, do you mean run some Linux apps in Microsoft Windows?

moses · 01-27-2003, 03:16 PM

Learn about using groups. You can change permissions on certain
commands so only members of a specific group can run those
commands. Then you just remove any users that don't have
permission from the group.

man group