Re: [cobalt-users] telnet access to users?

["Steven Werby" <steven@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kris Dahl <kris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Can't they just edit the .profile, log back in and eliminate your
> 'security'?

If you really wanted this to work I think you'd either have to make .profile
owned by root:root or put the alias into /etc/bashrc (if this is the global
profile location).  Not sure if /etc/bashrc has priority over users'
.profile so I'll leave that as an exercise for someone else to check.  You
might also have to move ls from /bin/ls to a new location or do something
else to prevent users from accessing it directly.

I have not tried any of this before b/c I am not currently letting users
have shell access and even if I did I'm not sure I'd need this feature.
This solution might work great or might just work for less experienced
users.  If anyone gets it to work please post your instructions to the list.

Steven {steven@xxxxxxxxxxxx}