Hi all,

I am using RHEL 5.0

I need a user say test to have full access to two directories, say /tmp1 & /tmp2 only other than his home directory.

I do not want to change his login shell which is ksh or bash by default.
Moreover, he should not even have read access of other directories.

Pls help!!

Thanks in adv,
VIKAS

For the user test to be able to run some utilities he may need read access to some files perhaps in /etc or /lib.

Your best bet is to chroot this user - put the user in chroot jail, creates links in his home directory to /tmp1 & /tmp2. This is what is often done with ftp accounts to lock them into completely known file trees

Can you please exlain a little bit how to put this user in chroot jail.
Thanks.

this will introduce to chroot jail

this might be useful as well

Thanks Yogesh,
I am trying it,
will get back to you.

Thanks again.

Hi,
I followed this link exactly, How to Setup a Chroot Jail - Technical Article Wiki

but still when i logged in through user jdoe. I could easily change directories.

Thanks.

I downloaded a script from the below link
fuschlberger.net - Howto Setup a chroot-jail for ssh/scp with Linux

everything went fine except this,
I am running this script as
I am able to login to user jdoe BUT still I am able to change directories. Am i doing something wrong. Pls help. !!

Thanks.