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From: car@trux.UUCP (Chris Rende)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: How to prevent VI from getting a shell?
Keywords: vi
Message-ID: <501@trux.UUCP>
Date: 11 Sep 90 19:17:10 GMT
Organization: Central Cartage, Sterling Hgts., MI
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If I want to give someone access to VI and yet deny them access to a shell,
how do I prevent the user from using VI's "<ESC>:!" command?

I have an application program which launches VI. I don't want the user to
be able to get to a shell from VI. (I also don't want the user to be able
to launch other commands from VI. I.e., No :!pwd, or !!sort, etc...).

car.
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