Re: [cobalt-users] limiting movement via telnet

[Kris Dahl <krislists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

on 5/3/00 5:40 PM, Frank Johnson at frank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Hi again.
> 
> I have recently signed a couple of new accounts that have savvy users
> associated with them.
> 
> I have to allow telnet access for these customers.
> 
> My dilemma is this: I don't know how to restrict access only to the domain
> of the user.  Currently a user can navigate all around the server. They
> can't necessarily change anything but they can see things.
> 
> Please help. This is a new one for me.

Its the nature of the beast for the most part.  Most files have to be world
readable in order for the system to function properly.

If you really want to get tricky there are a couple of projects where each
user has their own 'virtual shell'... basically an abstraction layer.

-k