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From: james@jraynard.demon.co.uk (James Raynard)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Restricted shell or chrooted environment for users?
Date: 27 Jul 1996 00:21:10 -0000
Organization: A FreeBSD Box
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In article <31F8CFD1.2781E494@systemics.com>,
Gary Howland  <gary@systemics.com> wrote:
>
>There seems to be no facility to allow a login to chroot to
>the users directory, nor does there appear to be a standard
>restricted shell.

The Korn Shell (pdksh from the ports) allows a restricted shell
to be set up.

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James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland
james@jraynard.demon.co.uk
http://www.freebsd.org/~jraynard/