06-14-2012
Setting up a private path
Hi all,
This is probably a very simple question but I couldn't even think of how to phrase it intelligently so google could tell me the answer.
Basically I am a user on a server, I am not the admin and do not have root privileges. I have downloaded a bunch of programs that I need to use and am ready to compile them, but I would like to know if it is possible to set up some kind of path just for me so that I can use these programs regardless of current working directory, and not have to worry about putting things into /usr/local/bin.
Any help is aprreciated.
Cheers,
Davy.
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smrsh
SMRSH(8) System Manager's Manual SMRSH(8)
NAME
smrsh - restricted shell for sendmail
SYNOPSIS
smrsh -c command
DESCRIPTION
The smrsh program is intended as a replacement for sh for use in the ``prog'' mailer in sendmail(8) configuration files. It sharply limits
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even if a ``bad guy'' can get sendmail to run a program without going through an alias or forward file, smrsh limits the set of programs
that he or she can execute.
Briefly, smrsh limits programs to be in a single directory, by default /usr/libexec/sm.bin, allowing the system administrator to choose the
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characters ``', `<', `>', `;', `$', `(', `)', `
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It allows ``||'' and ``&&'' to enable commands like: ``"|exec /usr/local/bin/filter || exit 75"''
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SEE ALSO
sendmail(8)
$Date: 2013-11-22 20:52:00 $ SMRSH(8)