Re: 4GL replacement for isql menus
Posted in 1996
Topics: Connectivity: ESQL/C, 4GL & Embedded SQL
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 -- --------------------------------------------------- Dirk Schmidtpott S I E M E N S EMail: schmd@dbm212.pdb.sni.de ============= Phone: 0049-5251-8-14922 N I X D O R F Fax : 0049-5251-8-27905 The above statements and opinions are my own and do not necessarily represent those of my employer. ---------------------------------------------------