Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 15:02:47 -0500 (EST) From: "R. A. Nethercott" <rnet@tchnet.tchnet.com> To: David Stickney <david@wvb.gomel.by> Cc: "'FBSD ISP'" <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Big Directories.. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970221150019.25856A-100000@tchnet.tchnet.com> In-Reply-To: <01BC2023.E0990480@david>
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On Fri, 21 Feb 1997, David Stickney wrote: > I some questions, that nobody can seem to answer > > while : ; do > mkdir x > cd x > done > > 1. How can you prevent users from running this in their home directory, > without cutting off their shell account > 2. How can you get rid of the directory once it has 300 or so > subdirectories. The shell keeps saying there is no such directory, and > nothing seems to delete it. I tried moving it to a floppy, but it worked > for 45 minutes and I didn't want to burn out the drive. > > As Always, If you send your address with your answer, I'll send you 20 > Soviet Roubles, > > Thanks for reading,... > Dave Ok, just as a warning, this will be the first time I have answered a question here...so correct me if I am wrong. =) I think a simple rm -R <dir name goes here> should work. As for the first part, I dont think there is a way to not let a sh user to not make directories in his/her home dir. Perhaps a rsh? Roy
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