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NAME

       lshell - Limited Shell

SYNOPSIS

       lshell [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

       lshell  provides  a  limited  shell  configured per user.  The configuration is done quite
       simply using a configuration file.  Coupled with ssh's authorized_keys or with /etc/shells
       and  /etc/passwd  ,  it  becomes  very  easy to restrict user's access to a limited set of
       command.

OPTIONS

       --config <FILE>
              Specify config file

       --log <DIR>
              Specify the log directory

       --<param> <value>
              where <param> is *any* config file parameter

       -h, --help
              Show help message

       --version
              Show version

CONFIGURATION

       You can configure lshell through its configuration file:

              On Linux -> /etc/lshell.conf
              On *BSD  -> /usr/{pkg,local}/etc/lshell.conf

       lshell configuration has 4 types of sections:

              [global]   -> lshell system configuration (only 1)
              [default]  -> lshell default user configuration (only 1)
              [foo]      -> UNIX username "foo" specific configuration
              [grp:bar]  -> UNIX groupname "bar" specific configuration

       Order of priority when loading preferences is the following:

              1- User configuration
              2- Group configuration
              3- Default configuration

   [global]
       logpath
              config path (default is /var/log/lshell/)

       loglevel
              0, 1, 2, 3 or 4  (0: no logs -> 4: logs everything)

       logfilename
              - set to syslog in order to log to syslog
              - set log file name, e.g. %u-%y%m%d (i.e foo-20091009.log):     %u -> username
                  %d -> day   [1..31]
                  %m -> month [1..12]
                  %y -> year  [00..99]
                  %h -> time  [00:00..23:59]

       syslogname
              in case you are using syslog, set your logname (default: lshell)

   [default] and/or [username] and/or [grp:groupname]
       aliases
              command aliases list (similar to bash's alias directive)

       allowed
              a list of the allowed commands or set to 'all' to allow all commands in user's PATH

       allowed_cmd_path
              a list of path; all executable files inside these path will be allowed

       env_path
              update the environment variable $PATH of the user (optional)

       env_vars
              set environment variables (optional)

       forbidden
              a list of forbidden characters or commands

       history_file
              set the history filename. A wildcard can be used:
                  %u -> username (e.g. '/home/%u/.lhistory')

       history_size
              set the maximum size (in lines) of the history file

       home_path (deprecated)
              set the home folder of your user. If not specified, the home directory  is  set  to
              the  $HOME  environment variable. This variable will be removed in the next version
              of lshell, please use your system's  tools  to  set  a  user's  home  directory.  A
              wildcard can be used:
                  %u -> username (e.g. '/home/%u')

       intro  set the introduction to print at login

       login_script
              define the script to run at user login

       passwd password of specific user (default is empty)

       path   list  of  path to restrict the user geographically. It is possible to use wildcards
              (e.g. '/var/log/ap*').

       prompt set the user's prompt format (default: username)
                  %u -> username
                  %h -> hostname

       prompt_short
              set sort prompt current directory update - set to 1 or 0 overssh  list  of  command
              allowed to execute over ssh (e.g. rsync, rdiff-backup, scp, etc.)

       scp    allow or forbid the use of scp connection - set to 1 or 0

       scpforce
              force files sent through scp to a specific directory

       scp_download
              set to 0 to forbid scp downloads (default is 1)

       scp_upload
              set to 0 to forbid scp uploads (default is 1)

       sftp   allow or forbid the use of sftp connection - set to 1 or 0

       sudo_commands
              a list of the allowed commands that can be used with sudo(8)

       timer  a value in seconds for the session timer

       strict logging  strictness.  If  set to 1, any unknown command is considered as forbidden,
              and user's warning counter is decreased. If set to  0,  command  is  considered  as
              unknown, and user is only warned (i.e. *** unknown synthax)

       warning_counter
              number  of  warnings  when user enters a forbidden value before getting exited from
              lshell. Set to -1  to disable the counter, and just warn the user.

SHELL BUILTIN COMMANDS

       Here is the set of commands that are always available with lshell:

       clear  clears the terminal

       help, ?
              print the list of allowed commands

       history
              print the commands history

       lpath  lists all allowed and forbidden path

       lsudo  lists all sudo allowed commands

EXAMPLES

       $ lshell
              Tries to run lshell using default ${PREFIX}/etc/lshell.conf as configuration  file.
              If  it  fails  a  warning is printed and lshell is interrupted.  lshell options are
              loaded from the configuration file

       $ lshell --config /path/to/myconf.file --log /path/to/mylog.log
              This will override the default options specified for configuration and/or log file

USE CASE

       The primary goal of lshell, was to be able to create shell accounts with  ssh  access  and
       restrict their environment to a couple a needed commands.  In this example, User 'foo' and
       user 'bar' both belong to the 'users' UNIX group:

       User foo:
               - must be able to access /usr and /var but not /usr/local
               - user all command in his PATH but 'su'
               - has a warning counter set to 5
               - has his home path set to '/home/users'

       User bar:
               - must be able to access /etc and /usr but not /usr/local
               - is allowed default commands plus 'ping' minus 'ls'
               - strictness is set to 1 (meaning he is not allowed to type an unknown command)

       In this case, my configuration file will look something like this:

              # CONFIURATION START
              [global]
              logpath         : /var/log/lshell/
              loglevel        : 2

              [default]
              allowed         : ['ls','pwd']
              forbidden       : [';', '&', '|']
              warning_counter : 2
              timer           : 0
              path            : ['/etc', '/usr']
              env_path        : ':/sbin:/usr/bin/'
              scp             : 1 # or 0
              sftp            : 1 # or 0
              overssh         : ['rsync','ls']
              aliases         : {'ls':'ls --color=auto','ll':'ls -l'}

              [grp:users]
              warning_counter : 5
              overssh         : - ['ls']

              [foo]
              allowed         : 'all' - ['su']
              path            : ['/var', '/usr'] - ['/usr/local']
              home_path       : '/home/users'

              [bar]
              allowed         : + ['ping'] - ['ls']
              path            : - ['/usr/local']
              strict          : 1
              scpforce        : '/home/bar/uploads/'
              # CONFIURATION END

NOTES

       In order to log a user's warnings into the logging directory (default /var/log/lshell/)  ,
       you must firt create the folder (if it doesn't exist yet) and chown it to lshell group:

              # addgroup --system lshell
              # mkdir /var/log/lshell
              # chown :lshell /var/log/lshell
              # chmod 770 /var/log/lshell

       then add the user to the lshell group:

              # usermod -aG lshell user_name

       In order to set lshell as default shell for a user:

              On Linux:
              # chsh -s /usr/bin/lshell user_name

              On *BSD:
              # chsh -s /usr/{pkg,local}/bin/lshell user_name

AUTHOR

       Currently maintained by Ignace Mouzannar (ghantoos)

EMAIL

       Feel free to send me your recommendations at <ghantoos@ghantoos.org>