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Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 23:10:00 +0100
From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To: Steve Bertrand <steve.bertrand@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Editor With NO Shell Access?
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On Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:40:10 -0400, Steve Bertrand wrote:
> You can force a user directly into an editor so they have no shell 
> access. For example, if the user has '/bin/csh' as their login shell, 
> adding:
> 
> exec /usr/local/bin/vim
> 
> into their ~/.cshrc file will force them directly into vim. When they 
> exit vim, they are immediately logged off.

Just an idea about extending this idea: What if the shell
field for that user does not contain a shell, but the name
of the editor instead? I assume it has to be "noted" in
/etc/shells to work, but a passwd entry like

	bob:*:1234:1234:Two-loop-Bob:/home/bob:/usr/local/bin/joe

could work (haven't tested that). A list of the files can
be obtained when opening a file ^KE and pressing the Tab key.
It would be worth testing if shell escapes like !command
will work in this constellation...




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