restrict a normail unix user from going anywhere

[Hari N]

On 6/21/05, M E Fieu <sibu168 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi..Is there a way to restrict a normail unix for example unix1 to its 
> HOME directory /home/unix1/
> with going anywhere but still allow it to start and stop the some service 
> like apache?
> /etc/init.d/httpd stop/start.
> 
> Yes, it is possible to do this by giving root privileges to the user to 
execute only specific commands. To do this, edit the /etc/sudoers file using 
the command - visudo. Follow the syntax as specified in that file.

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Hari
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