Re: [Lynx-dev] forbid local file browsing?

[Thomas Dickey]

On Sat, 6 Jan 2007, Craig Skinner wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> How do I go about forbiding lynx browsing the local file system?

You should be able to do that using the -restrictions option, e.g.

        lynx -restrictions=dired_support
> I'm setting up an open access box for people to remotely test their
> websites, and do not want users doing the likes of:
> $ lynx /etc/passwd
>
> I have messed about with ~/.lynxrc
> RULE:Fail file:*
> RULE:Fail /*
>
> No success.
>
> I also tried a shell alias of: lynx='lynx http://' to no effect.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
>
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