> -----Original Message----- > From: Bevan C. Bennett [mailto:bevan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > Ow Mun Heng wrote: > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Matt Morgan [mailto:matt.morgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > >> > >>I was talking about gdmflexiserver. In case it wasn't clear > >>from the part > >>where I said "But I forget what it's called," I couldn't > >>remember what it > >>was called :-). Fortunately a few other people wrote in about > >>it as well. > >> > >>Yes, there are lots of ways to have more than one account > >>loged into Unix > >>at the same time. Score one for Bjorn. gdmflexiserver makes > it really > >>easy, is the main reason I mentioned it. I thought it might help the > >>original poster, who was looking for a way to give people > >>access to the > >>computer without them seeing his mail. The combination of a > >>guest account > >>with a new login via gdmflexiserver would probably be the > >>fastest/safest > >>way to so what he wants. > > > > <SNIP> > > Talking about guest users. ANyone has any pointers on how, > > specifically to create a guest user? I mean, it must just be > > able to perform/access _normal_ stuffs (eg: web browsing, office > > etc) and not have access to anything else? > > > > Main keyword here I guess is _very_limited_access. Even more > > restrictive than normal users. > > You can chgrp all the things in /usr/bin (or elsewhere) that > you don't > want guests using to a new group "real_users", then chmod > o-rwx on them > all. Add all your 'non-guest' users to the real_users group > so they can > continue to use them. This isn't strictly considered neccessary, as > normal users can't mess up system files, and normal users (if > properly > configured) won't be allowed to see or edit each other's files either. Wow.. That's a real pain. Luckily I'm the only person using this laptop > > > (since I presume that the user/password combo would be guest/guest) > > The name and password for any user are whatever you want them to be. That's not actually a question. more like a statement. Oh well.. Thanks
