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Date:      25 Apr 2005 13:45:42 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Olaf Stein <stein.175@osu.edu>
Subject:   Re: lock user to home directory
Message-ID:  <44hdhuzr5l.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <20050425163410.GE98448@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
References:  <200504251451.j3PEp0Wl011657@defang9.net.ohio-state.edu> <20050425163410.GE98448@slackbox.xs4all.nl>

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Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> writes:

> On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 10:51:00AM -0400, Olaf Stein wrote:
> > hi everybody
> >  
> > is there an easy way to lock a user to his home directory??
> 
> Try giving them restricted bash (rbash, or bash -r) as shell.

Assuming you trust them not to actively try to attack your box, in
which case you would use a chroot(8) or jail(8).



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