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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers how do U restrict a user to a single directory? Post 302228015 by jim mcnamara on Friday 22nd of August 2008 02:24:23 PM
Old 08-22-2008
Do you want chroot? The only problem with that is you have to create a link in each /home/username to /usr and maybe /opt, etc. so they can run scripts or apps.

try this for some background on chroot jail-
http://www.unixwiz.net/techtips/chroot-practices.html

Last edited by vgersh99; 08-23-2008 at 05:09 PM.. Reason: fixed code tag
 

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FcConfigEnableHome(3)													     FcConfigEnableHome(3)

NAME
FcConfigEnableHome - controls use of the home directory. SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file... -lfontconfig [ library... ] #include <fontconfig.h> FcBol FcConfigEnableHome (FcBool enable); DESCRIPTION
If enable is FcTrue, then Fontconfig will use various files which are specified relative to the user's home directory (using the ~ notation in the configuration). When enable is FcFalse, then all use of the home directory in these contexts will be disabled. The previous setting of the value is returned. VERSION
Fontconfig version 2.5.0 ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWfontconfig | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Volatile | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |MT-Level |See XInitThreads(3X11) | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ 13 November 2007 FcConfigEnableHome(3)
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