From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [204.233.198.50] (helo=linserver.complex) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16JOKu-000135-00 for ; Wed, 26 Dec 2001 19:23:52 -0500 Received: (from gnowak1@localhost) by linserver.complex (8.11.4/8.10.2) id fBR0NSO01678 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Wed, 26 Dec 2001 18:23:28 -0600 Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 18:23:28 -0600 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: system privacy Message-ID: <20011226182328.A1675@uic.edu> References: <20011226234747.GA6510@asmodean.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20011226234747.GA6510@asmodean.net>; from raul@asmodean.net on Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 05:47:47PM -0600 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Why don't you just switch execute permissions on all dirs, preventing people say in the users group from doing a "cd" into them? Greg On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 05:47:47PM -0600, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: > I've heard of a program which prevents normal users from seeing > directory contents on the system. My understanding is that they can > still run programs such as pine, mutt, etc even though those might > require seeing /etc/resolv.conf but if they try to cd into any directory > above their home dir they can't. I've looked around but can't find such > a utility. Anyone have ideas? > -- > We are writing this e-mail to inform you that the mail server is down. > Please do not call the help desk for assistance. To see the progress of > any outage refer to your e-mail notifications. > Raul A. Gallegos - http://www.asmodean.net > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup