Clamping down on users with rbash

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Sandra Henry-Stocker
Jan 27, 2015

One way to restrict what users can do on your Linux systems is by using rbash — the restricted Bourne Again shell — but only if you take some additional steps to ensure that your users can’t break out of their cells.

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Sandra Henry-Stocker

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