On Sun, Mar 11, 2007 at 04:07:54PM -0400, H.S. wrote: > > Hello, > > On a computer connected to a router, which in turn is connected to the > internet (more or less constantly), how do I restrict some users from > accessing the internet. > > The lan is actually in a small community office. A couple of computers > are for the staff, but a third is set aside for a number of public users > to use. It is running Ubuntu. I was asked how to restrict internet > access from that computer (for example, users should be allowed to > connect to the internet only during certain hours of a day) on a user by > user basis. I am more familiar with Debian, hence the query here. > Apparently, they want the administrator to have free access, but > restricted access for other users on that computer. > I believe that what you want is best implemented with some sort of authenticating proxy. I forget which ones are available, but IIRC, some of them support rulesets that are time-based and/or user-based.
Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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