nixCraft

Hi all,

I am using Sun OS 5.10. I am new to Unix.

Is there some way to restrict a specific user to certain command say "/usr/bin/more" ??
for example: I want that user1 can execute more command & user2 can't.


Can we somehow edit .profile file in the home directory of user to achieve this ??
OR
is there some other way ??

Pls help.

Thanks N Regards,
VIKAS

I don't think so it is possible; by default user are allowed to run program stored at /bin and /usr/bin; only root can run (almost) /sbin /usr/sbin

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How about SUDO

This code code has been coded by me to allow users only through a specific ip (ip is configurable as an entry need to be made in a file). This code is for 'vi' ing a file .. This will vi the file if nobody else is 'vi' ing it .. we can do the same for 'more' ing a file :



STEP I :

ps -eaf | grep -w $USER | grep -v grep | grep -w vi | grep -w $1 >> /dev/null; #Just to check if someone is editing
if [ $? != 0 ];
then
echo "opening $1"
cp -p $1 $HOME/TEMP_BKP/$1;
vi $1;
else
echo "Please wait. following person is using this file : "
ps -eaf | grep -w $USER | grep -v grep | grep -w vi | grep -w $1 | awk '{ print $6 }' | while read line
do
who | grep -w $line | awk '{print $6}' | while read ipaddr
do
grep -w $ipaddr $HOME/Application/Exec/ShellScripts/ip_name_link.txt #add the ip address of all users
in this txt file
if test $? -ne 0; then
echo "Unknown $ipaddr"
fi;
done;
done;
fi;



STEP II :

Now add an alias in the .profile for more.

example :

assume, the above code is saved in a file open_file.sh.

then in .profile we can have :

alias vi="open_file.sh" # m assuming that the location of open_file.sh is set in the PATH variable.

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HOPE MY INPUT IS OF SOME HELP .. FEEL FREE TO COMMENT ...!!
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Regards
Prasanna Pradip Kulkarni.

Linux / UNIX: Restrict Access To A Given Command

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