RE: [LUG] Read-Only User

["Mark Cubitt" <mark.cubitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

sorry I probably wasn't that clear, what I am trying to achieve is to get a
user that can see the file structure and nothing else, so he can read but
not write, they wont need to actually edit any files and it would be better
if they couldn't (maybe like making the file system read-only just for them
if that is possible)

thanks in advance

Regards

Mark Cubitt

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf
Of Julian Hall
Sent: 12 December 2003 12:24
To: list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [LUG] Read-Only User


Could a user group be created that has ro capability only?  Then just make
sure the user is only a member of that group?

Just asking as I'm a newbie myself.

Kind regards,

Julian

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf
Of Darke, Clive
Sent: 12 December 2003 11:39
To: 'list@xxxxxxxxxxxx '
Subject: RE: [LUG] Read-Only User


You might be able to get around some of this by tweaking the umask, using a
restricted shell, and trapping chmod.

Clive

-----Original Message-----
From: Neil Stone
To: list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: 12/12/2003 10:26
Subject: Re: [LUG] Read-Only User

Mark Cubitt wrote:
> is there a way of making a user on Linux (RedHat 7.3) that has
read-only
> access to all files on the system (I don't want to change file
permissions)
> if so how can this be achieved.
>
> thanks in advance
>
> regards
>
> Mark Cubitt
>
>
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By default most users will have read only access to system files. Their
own files, however, will have them as owner and as sich they will have
write access.

You could perhaps put the user in a private group and not allow write
access outside of /home/someuser

HTH


Neil Stone
Systems Administrator
ST Technology

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