On Monday 25 August 2003 10:25 am, Robert Adkins wrote: > This issue seems to be something that has likely plagued System > Administrators for many untold years, since the advent of the GUI and > even prior to the major use of GUI tools. So, I imagine that someone out > there, with coding skills much better then my own (since I can barely > code myself into, let alone out of, a box) will have come up with > something to take care of this issue. > > Does anyone have any links or firsthand knowledge to take care > of this minor issue? Unfortunately, my Google-Fu is nowhere near as > powerful as I would like it to be...
When faced with situations like this, I find the best thing to do is lock it down with permissions so they cannot do it, then provide an alternate interface controlled by a program to do it. For instance, have a web-based form that they can upload files to or select files to be moved to. Then set up the permissions so that the web server has the rights to move the file. You can do the same thing with a command line program with a setuid bit, if you can trust them with that. Another, more drastic alternative, is to use the new and experimental ACL (Access Control List) functionality which can be added to the latest kernels. Linux Magazine just had an article on it. Googling for Linux and ACL would probably point you in the right direction. ------------------------------------------------------------------- DDDD David Kramer http://thekramers.net DK KD DKK D Gravity is a harsh mistress! DK KD - The Tick DDDD -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
