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> I'd like to create a really restricted user on my laptop. I don't |
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> want the user to be able to do much of anything but browse the web, |
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> use skype, and maybe look at photos on a CD or something. I did this: |
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> useradd -m -G users,audio,cdrom -s /sbin/nologin newuser |
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> How does that look? I've noticed when adding this kind of a user in |
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> the past they are able to look at files all around the system that I'd |
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> prefer they can't. Is there a good method for restricting that? |
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> Maybe remove the users group? Is a weak password OK with this setup |
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> since there's no shell access? |
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Apparently -s /sbin/nologin wasn't such a good idea since the user |
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then can't log in via GDM. Makes sense. I want the user to be able |
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to log in via GDM but not via ssh. Is that configured in ssh? |
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- Grant |
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