Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 11:30:21 +0200 From: Marc Silver <marcs@draenor.org> To: noor@comrax.com Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: /var/run/utmp Message-ID: <20000425113021.H36881@draenor.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10004251223490.77062-100000@dns.comrax.com>; from noor@comrax.com on Tue, Apr 25, 2000 at 12:26:04PM %2B0300 References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10004251223490.77062-100000@dns.comrax.com>
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Hey there, I would suggest changing the permissions of /var/run/utmp back to what they were and then changing the permissions of finger and who to suit your needs. :) Cheers, Marc On Tue, Apr 25, 2000 at 12:26:04PM +0300, noor@comrax.com wrote: > > Hi all, > > I am trying to deny normal users the ability to issue 'finger' and 'who' > commands from their shell. So I changed modes of /var/run/utmp to 640. > > But now, when a normal user connects, the shell shows: > > > > /var/run/utmp cannot be opened. Please "unset watch". > > > > I want this message to be cleared, not shown, while maintaining mode 640 > of /var/run/utmp... how is this possible? > > Thanks, > > Noor To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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