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Re: [SLE] Restrict Users--Fred, More Please
- From: Christopher Mahmood <ckm@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 09:51:46 -0700
- Message-id: <20030529165146.GD9536@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
* Ed Harrison (ed.tman@xxxxxxxxxxx) [030528 19:49]:
> In cmos, I have disabled booting from cd and floppy.
What happens when you cycle the power by unplugging the battery
on the motherboard?
> I don't know anything about proxies, except I use privoxy on my
> machine. What kind of proxy are you referring to?
It could be any sort of open http proxy. If spammers can find them
there's no reason the kids couldn't.
> For the time being I have added sudo /sbin/ifdown eth0 to each
> $HOME/.bashrc per the suggestion from Basil Fowler, but how long will
> it take them to learn enough linux to know they can edit that file
> without root permission?
You can always chown the .bashrc files to root.root. Of course,
it's probably much easier to just go to a friend's house and use
their computer.
--
-ckm
> In cmos, I have disabled booting from cd and floppy.
What happens when you cycle the power by unplugging the battery
on the motherboard?
> I don't know anything about proxies, except I use privoxy on my
> machine. What kind of proxy are you referring to?
It could be any sort of open http proxy. If spammers can find them
there's no reason the kids couldn't.
> For the time being I have added sudo /sbin/ifdown eth0 to each
> $HOME/.bashrc per the suggestion from Basil Fowler, but how long will
> it take them to learn enough linux to know they can edit that file
> without root permission?
You can always chown the .bashrc files to root.root. Of course,
it's probably much easier to just go to a friend's house and use
their computer.
--
-ckm
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