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Subject: Re: lock user to home directory
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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).