From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 12 16:21:36 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7A0F106566C for ; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:21:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A03E58FC0C for ; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:21:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m8CGL1Oh017430; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:21:01 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id m8CGL1cT017429; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:21:01 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:21:01 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister To: Don Wilde Message-ID: <20080912162101.GE17160@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: restricted users X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:21:36 -0000 On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 01:19:46AM -0500, Don Wilde wrote: > Greetings, All - > > I want to set up an account for my boy that he can use freely with the > exception that I can turn off his Internet access at will from my > root-privilege account. It would be nice if I could also set up a > limited-access constraint that would allow him some domains with a > white-list file. > > I'm using KDE4 on 7-STABLE. I need the rest of the accounts to remain > connected, so a simple ifconfig is not appropriate. He's not experienced > enough (yet :) to be able to reconfigure things for himself, so if there's a > KDE config that I can use that'll be fine. > > Thanks in advance for your suggestions! Please reply including my direct > address as I am not on the list subscription. Sounds like you are looking for a proxy server. Check out Squid. There are others as well as commercial proxy services. You may also want to run it in a jail, though I don't know if that will work, never used jails other than casual tinkering. ////jerry > > -- Don Wilde > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"