04-30-2010
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1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello
How do i restrict a user only to his own directory so that he wont be able to cd to other directories.
say for excample there is user called xiamin then xiamin should be restricted to /usr/xiamin only.
i am on redhat linux
regards
Hrishy (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: xiamin
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2. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hi everybody,
How can I forbid a user to go up his home directory ?
Thanks
MarcoW (2 Replies)
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
I am running Solaris 10 and I am using the ftp server that comes with it. I would like to specify a specific directory as ftp user's home directory.
For example, if "ftpuserx" ftps into my solaris machine, they will automatically be taken to "/space/web" directory, even though there... (0 Replies)
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all,
I would like to know how to find out the home directory of a particular user..
eg,
If am the root , then my Home directory will be /
if say am just a user logging into the terminal then my home dir would change,
so accordingly i would like to know how to find it out...
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5. Solaris
Hi,
I've created solaris user which has both FTP and SFTP Access. Using the "ftpaccess" configuration file options "guest-root" and "restricted-uid", i can restrict the user to a specific directory. But I'm unable to restrict the user when the user is logged in using SFTP.
The aim is to... (1 Reply)
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6. Solaris
Hello all,
I am Installing Oracle 11g on my Solaris OS.
I created the below oracle user:
# /usr/sbin/useradd -g oinstall -G dba oracle
but when i am trying to to su - oracle it give me the below error
No directory
Do i have to setup a home directory for oracle user? and how can i do... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: beayni33
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I found this old closed thread:
I can do these things, but how to I change someone's profile - where do I find the profile? I'm running Centos 5.6
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providing you have the password shell set to ksh,
you can put this in his .profile:
cd /opt/load
alias -x cd=: (6 Replies)
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I am trying to create Oracle user. I will install oracle after that. But my problem is /home/oracle directory is not being created.
bash-3.2# useradd -g oinstall -G dba,oper -d /home/oracle -m oracle
cp: /home/oracle: Operation not applicable
chown: /home/oracle: No such file or directory
... (3 Replies)
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Good Afternoon,
I'm trying userdel -r username on Solaris 9 and getting
UX: userdel: ERROR: unable to find status about home directory: No such file or directory
I see the user's home directory and getent passwd shows the user
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Discussion started by: Stellaman1977
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10. Solaris
Hello,
I've just started using a Solaris machine with SunOS 5.10.
After the machine is turned on, I open a Console window and at the prompt, if I execute a pwd command, it tells me I'm at my home directory (someone configured "myuser" as default user after init).
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vipw(8) System Manager's Manual vipw(8)
NAME
vipw - Edits the /etc/passwd file
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/vipw
DESCRIPTION
You use the vipw command to edit the /etc/passwd file with the editor defined in the EDITOR environment variable. If the variable is not
set, the default editor is vi.
The vipw command performs basic consistency checks on the edited file. If a hashed indexed passwd existed previously, the vipw command
uses the mkpasswd command to create recreate it.
The command must not be used on systems that use extended security attributes since it cannot set or change them. You must be root to run
this command. Only root and security administrators should have execute access to this command.
Since the vipw command cannot effectively change all the attributes of users, it should not be used in a secure environment.
The vipw command accesses the following files, and requires the listed permissions:
------------------------------
Permissions File
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rw /etc/passwd
rw /etc/passwd.pag
rw /etc/passwd.dir
rw /etc/ptmp
rw /etc/ptmp.pag
rw /etc/ptmp.dir
------------------------------
EXAMPLE
To edit the /etc/passwd file, type the following command and add the required line entry: vipw
FILES
Specifies the command path
RELATED INFORMATION
Commands: passwd(1), passwd(4), adduser(8), mkpasswd(8) delim off
vipw(8)