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Re: disable access to /cygdrive/c ?
- From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb at ukf dot net>
- To: "roland" <for_spam at gmx dot de>,<cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2003 19:00:18 -0000
- Subject: Re: disable access to /cygdrive/c ?
- References: <00a701c2eb23$c43f4a20$2000000a@schlepptopp>
roland wrote:
> Hello,
>
> is there a way to completly disable access tho paths below /cygdrive ?
> i.e. to make /cygdrive/* invisible/inaccessible ?
>
> I have setup sshd on my machine and now some developer can ssh into my
> machine
> and help me with developing stuff under cygwin.
> He can do what he wants inside c:\cygwin - but he shouldn`t be able to
> access other
> paths. Is it possible that i can hide that from him ?
> Shure, I could set appropriate ntfs acls - but what if i have fat32
> based filesystem?
>
> regards
> Roland
>
> pS:
> shure -this may not be bullet proof since he can execute code on my
> computer - but at
> least it is not too simple and needs "hacker intention".
NTFS ACLs are the only way.
If this person doesn't have "hacker intention", then his self-discipline
will be sufficient to keep him within the cygwin root, right?
Max.
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