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Date:      Wed, 27 Jun 2001 10:20:27 +0700
From:      Igor Podlesny <poige@morning.ru>
To:        Andrew Reid <andrew.reid@plug.cx>
Cc:        freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Username-based Routing/Filtering
Message-ID:  <8402634307.20010627102027@morning.ru>
In-Reply-To: <993602477.1681.11.camel@percible.alfred.cx>
References:  <993602477.1681.11.camel@percible.alfred.cx>

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> Hello All,

> I'm a bit of a FreeBSD convert after using Linux for years, so I'm a bit
> unclear of the capabilities of FreeBSD in some circumstances.

> A feature of Linux 2.4 is that you can route/firewall/filter based on
> the username.

man 8 ipfw

/gid
/uid

P.S. Do people want somebody told them "man xxx"?

> For example, if I log in as 'andrew' to my machine, I get to go out to
> the wide-world via the Microwave link with no restrictions. If I log on
> as 'someotheruser' I'm shunted out a modem link.

> My question:

> Can FreeBSD route based on a username?
> Will IPFW/IPF filter based on username?

> Obviously, this is only going to work if the user is logged onto the
> local workstation.

> Can someone please clarify this for me?

> TIA!

>    - andrew

-- 
 Igor                            mailto:poige@morning.ru



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