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From: noel@ubbs-nh.MV.COM (N. Del More)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: SCO 386 rsh problem
Summary: they've coded the PATH into the shell!  arrrgh!
Keywords: SCO,rsh
Message-ID: <390@ubbs-nh.MV.COM>
Date: 14 Aug 89 03:02:31 GMT
Reply-To: noel@ubbs-nh.MV.COM (N. Del More)
Distribution: usa
Organization: uBBS-NH  (New England Unix Archive)  - Nashua, NH
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I've a need to restrict access to certain portions of my system, the most
obvious choice was to use "rsh" as a shell for the users I wished to
restrict.

However, SCO has coded "/bin:/usr/bin" as the a default path into the
shell itself.  Really dumb, the usrs .profile will not over ride the
default path.

So, the question, is their a cure, fix, patch available, or is their an
alternative?

Many thanks!
Noel

P.S.  Hey Russ!  How long does it take a user with a restricted shell to
get out of it?

About 2 seconds flat....
	try  
	$csh 

geeez!



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Noel B. Del More             |                             decvax!ubbs-nh!noel
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Nashua, New Hampshire  03063 | It's unix me son!  `taint spozed tah make cents