Default security: other users can ACCESS MY HOMEDIR?!

[Nick Pavlica]

I will have to give this a try, it sounds like it will do the trick. 
Thanks for the info!

--Nick



On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 01:16:43 +0000, Chris Hodgins
<chodgins at cis.strath.ac.uk> wrote:
> Kevin Kinsey wrote:
> > Nick Pavlica wrote:
> >
> >> I was thinking along the lines of a scp server that would only allow
> >> the user to browse only there directories.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 18:39:43 +0100 (CET), Stevan Tiefert
> >> <stevan at rot-1.de> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Wed, 2 Mar 2005, Nick Pavlica wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> How would you restrict regular users from accessing any part of the
> >>>> file system accept there home dirs?  Is this even possible?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Hello Nick,
> >>>
> >>> it is possible but why? The user must be able to access their shells,
> >>> configurations and so on!
> >>>
> >>> With regards
> >>> Stevan Tiefert
> >>>
> >
> >
> > You might look at MAC (Chapter 15 of the handbook).  I don't
> > grok it yet, so I can't say if it's exactly what you need.  It could
> > be a lot more ...
> >
> > Kevin Kinsey
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> 
> Also have a look at this:
> http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1404
> 
> Chris
>