Re: [SLUG] Limiting terminal access to root

From: Eben King (eben01@verizon.net)
Date: Mon Mar 17 2008 - 12:00:36 EST


On Tue, 11 Mar 2008, Rich Morgan wrote:

> Hey guys and gals, an interesting forum question was posted by a friend
> of mine and I'd like to get your take on it: How do you limit access to
> the command line to just root? That is to say, not allow a user account
> to access a terminal at all.

Might this do what you want?

from xorg.conf(5x):
,--
| Option "DontVTSwitch" "boolean"
| This disallows the use of the Ctrl+Alt+Fn sequence (where Fn
| refers to one of the numbered function keys). That sequence is
| normally used to switch to another "virtual terminal" on operat-
| ing systems that have this feature. When this option is
| enabled, that key sequence has no special meaning and is passed
| to clients. Default: off.
'--

Is the user allowed to run a terminal emulator? I don't know how to block
that.

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