Re: 4GL replacement for isql menus

Dirk Schmidtpott wrote: > > Ian Goddard wrote: > > > > I need to replace the isql menus with something which will prevent the > > users from shelling out with "!". > > > > My immediate thought was to write a 4GL program to look something like > > the original and to use sysmenus and sysmenuitems. The next thought, > > about a millisecond later was to save myself a little time and trouble > > and see if I could find one on the net. I've been looking for a little > > while with no success. Does anyone know of such a thing out there? > > > > TIA > > > > Ian > > Hi Ian ! > > You can easily prevent a user from doing a shell escape, if you include > > export SHELL=/dev/null > > in the .profile of this particular user. > > Hope this helps! > > Cheers, > Dirk > Unfortunately it also seems to stop the menu system running any external programs. This means that you're restricted to Ace and Perform - and the users can shell out of Perform - which defeats the object. Ian