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Date:      Sat, 25 Sep 2004 20:36:58 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Richard Lynch" <ceo@l-i-e.com>
To:        "Andrew" <infofarmer@mail.ru>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Ultimately Safe User Account
Message-ID:  <3917.24.148.51.115.1096169818.squirrel@www.l-i-e.com>
In-Reply-To: <001101c4a1a3$bb731880$460011ac@SATPC>
References:  <001101c4a1a3$bb731880$460011ac@SATPC>

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Andrew wrote:
> I have a production FreeBSD box. My friend is starting to learn Unix
> essentials and is asking me for an account. He doesn't require any
> special rights, but he certainly wants to be able to use shell and read
> most manual pages. He'll access the server via Internet, SSH.

A slightly different take on this:

Unless you're *REALLY* poor/underpaid, the time you would spend making a
"safe" way for your friend to poke at a production box to learn would be a
lot more expensive than a cheap-o eBay computer...

Give him his own box with FreeBSD on it and let him be root -- He'll learn
a heck of a lot more by screwing up things as root than any other way of
learning.

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