On Thu, 5 Aug 2004, Eve Atley wrote: > > I have a folder, /home/shared, which contains directories that are literally > 'shares' for a small network. I've set up permissions in which a person can > or cannot access these directories based on being a group member. > > When the person logs in via SSH, they see these folders AND all sorts of > 'grayed out' folders, usually . directories. How can I get it to show ONLY > the folders I want them to see and none of the system / critical files, > without using client-side 'don't show hidden files and folders'? > > Thanks, > Eve >
I think you're omitting something in your description - if I log in to another box on my network using ssh, I get a normal terminal session and I'm in my ~/ directory, either from a console or from an xterm. "grayed out" doesn't fit with that, it sounds as if they are using some sort of graphical front-end. And therefore, it sounds as if it *is* a client-side "don't show hidden..." issue. Or tell them to run ssh from within a(n) aterm|gterm|konsole|xterm. AFAIK there is no way of hiding non-hidden directories such as /etc and /usr/bin - normal users will have read access to these, so they can use e.g. /usr/bin/zgrep as an example script. Somewhat similar to when you save from a graphical browser and blunder around the directory hierarchy trying to find the right place to save something : system directories show up if you go too far up the hierarchy, but permissions should prevent you writing in them. Ken -- das eine Mal als Trag�die, das andere Mal als Farce - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
