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> 
> I'm trying to set up user accounts so that they can not view any further 
> than their home directory.  At the very least I don't want them to be able 
> to do a cd .. and view /usr/home and view the other user accounts 
> information. How would I set this up so they couldn't view other user 
> accounts or preferably any other part of the system.

What you need is chroot(8).
Use it to 'chroot' the user in to their own home directory.
Don't forget to put a copy of their shell and other things they
need within the directory where they are chrooted.

If chroot is not rigorous enough, check out jail(8).

////jerry
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