How to limit one user access ?

[depriester frank]

Hi all,

I would like to create a unix account able to only see and be in his home directory (cd .. not allowed, cd something not allowed), and allow him views on some specific directories.

How can I do that ?

ThanX for your help

[A. Clay Stephenson]

The easy approach is to set him up with rsh - restricted shell. Man sh_posix and look under the "rsh restrictions" section for details.

[Helen French]

This will be helpful (TKB #KBRC00008600):

http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&docId=200000063248395

[Ian Kidd_1]

when creating this user, assign him the restricted shell (e.g. /usr/bin/rsh). He will not be able to cd to another directory, getting an error message like:

rsh: cd: The operation is not allowed in a restricted shell.

If you need him to access specific directories, create softlinks to the directories and put them in his home directory.