[svlug] editor and shells

[Rafael]

On Sat, 29 Jul 2000, Emmanuel-Robert Mayssat wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I would like to find a way to prevent my users from escaping to a
> shell when running an editor. I would like disable them to cat the
> passwd file for example when I put an exec /path/to/editor in their
> .profile .

Use shadow password file and nobody but root can read it. Most decent
distributions use shadow password file these days.

> 
> HOw can I do that ?

What prevents them to load /etc/passwd into the editor?

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Emmanuel
> 
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