Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 12:41:10 +0300 (IDT) From: <noor@comrax.com> To: Marc Silver <marcs@draenor.org> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: /var/run/utmp Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10004251240480.77062-100000@dns.comrax.com> In-Reply-To: <20000425113021.H36881@draenor.org>
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I thought of that, but then, anyone can download finger.c and who.c and compile them. Noor On Tue, 25 Apr 2000, Marc Silver wrote: > Hey there, > > I would suggest changing the permissions of /var/run/utmp back to what > they were and then changing the permissions of finger and who to suit > your needs. :) > > Cheers, > Marc > > On Tue, Apr 25, 2000 at 12:26:04PM +0300, noor@comrax.com wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > I am trying to deny normal users the ability to issue 'finger' and 'who' > > commands from their shell. So I changed modes of /var/run/utmp to 640. > > > > But now, when a normal user connects, the shell shows: > > > > > > > > /var/run/utmp cannot be opened. Please "unset watch". > > > > > > > > I want this message to be cleared, not shown, while maintaining mode 640 > > of /var/run/utmp... how is this possible? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Noor > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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