Non GUI User/Profile Boot Menu?

[bigdog0007]

Ok ... Here is what I am trying to do ... I want to set up a local user/profile that when they log in at the prompt it goes directly to a Non GUI menu with 3 or 4 options (i.e. Ping, TraceRoute, Netconfig, Ifconfig, Log out) I don't want them to be able to do anything but what I put on the menu. I am a real newbie at this but am trying to learn... so My questions are:


1. Has anyone done this b4?
2. How is the best way to create the menu (Non GUI)?
3. Thoughts on security (how to keep them out of other things)?


**Bonus: It would be really cool if I could create different menus for each user/profile


I know some of this is elementary so I am currently trying to read up on redhat security.

I am doing this just in case I want someone other than myself to login the server, but I don't want them to be able to look around in it.

Any help would be great ... Links to information or scripts to help in this would be awesome too... Thanks in advance!!!

 

[TrojanWarBlade]

The first issue is simple.
You can change their login shell to be your script/program instead. That means when they login, they get your program/script instead of a shell. The control they get is then (generally) down to how you write your script/program.
Next you gotta decide how to handle errors and signals, particularly like CTRL-C (SIGINT).
Generating a menu system can be as simple or as sophisticated as you like from simple print statements to a full curses interface.


Trojan.

 

[bigdog0007]

Thanks so much for your responce ... That should atleast get me pointed in the right direction :-D