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- From: idallen@watcgl.uwaterloo.ca (Ian! D. Allen [CGL])
- Subject: Re: Service Accounts running X login
- Message-ID: <BtnzB3.49K@watcgl.uwaterloo.ca>
- Reply-To: idallen@watcgl.uwaterloo.ca (Ian! D. Allen [CGL])
- Organization: Computer Graphics Lab, University of Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA
- References: <1992Aug25.152709.23868@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> <1992Aug26.124449.3475@aosg.gsf.dec.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 22:47:27 GMT
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- >> Are there any possibilities to control the actions of some special accounts
- >> after the X window login ?
- >
- >You can modify the .profile or .cshrc to be a "captive" account so that all
- >that you can do is perform a shutdown or exit.
-
- No you cannot. A user logging in can hit BREAK at just the right
- point to cause the .profile or .cshrc to be skipped, allowing a normal
- unrestricted login shell. Don't do this.
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- -IAN! (Ian! D. Allen) idallen@watcgl.uwaterloo.ca [129.97.140.64]
- Computer Graphics Lab/University of Waterloo/Ontario/Canada (519)888-4534
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