From: Ronelle Van Niekerk (rvanniek@ecgd.gov.uk)
Date: Mon Jul 08 2002 - 08:56:42 EDT
Thanks for all the responses.
I haven't quite reached a decision about what to do yet, but the
information sent me was very helpful.
A lot of people suggested I don't use a root ID user but use sudo
instead - good idea, but it's not possible at the moment.
Thanks again
Ronelle
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ronelle Van Niekerk
> Sent: 04 July 2002 15:11
> To: HP (E-mail)
> Subject: Stop users from getting to command line
>
> OK, I've managed to make the script, that will stop the dbas from ever
> getting to the root command line, work.
>
> Now my only problem is that the X-Win32 app that we're using allows
> them to program it to execute an xterm.
> This means that all my safe guards are bypassed and the user goes
> straight to the command prompt in the xterm.
>
> Is there any way to stop this from happening?
>
> Besides configuring their X-Win32 app myself, which they will be able
> to reconfigure, I've tried using the .dtprofile DTSOURCEPROFILE
> variable but that's only effective when they're using CDE, not xterm.
>
> What I'm looking for is a was for the OS to say that this user may not
> go to the command line, the user may only use the menu script
> provided.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> -Ronelle
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