[ale] Running a app on Telnet

[Chuck Payne]

On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 9:33 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
> <skipping the horrors of using telnet for anything but testing is a port is
> active...>
>
> just put the launching app as the next to last line in .bashrc for the
> incoming user account and make the last line just an exit.
>
> put that environment in a vm (so it can be dumped and recreated quickly) and
> chroot the user environment for the telnet process. run selinux in full mls
> mode and set the user context at login to mate with the app context and
> disallow everything else (i.e. the game user can only run the game code and
> exit from the shell).
>
> On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 8:59 AM, Chuck Payne <terrorpup at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Guys,
>>
>> This is a bit of old school, I got a group of buddies that want to do
>> some RPG, for you young kids that Role Playing Games, One of my
>> buddies asked is there a way I could set up a pick your own path game
>> for as he over sea wants to do a bit solo playing.
>>
>> OK where I need some input. I like to set up a app to be able to run
>> so that he can use telnet to get to. I like to also jail the app to
>> make it secure.
>>
>> Yes, I know. Text Base Pick your Path are very very old school. But me
>> any my buddies are from back in the days of Scott Adams Adventures. I
>> am loving this because they ask me to dust off a couple Tunnels and
>> Trolls Pocket games that I wrote in basic ( NOT V. Basic, but the real
>> Basic remember  10 Print  20 goto ) that I am covering to bash, but
>> looking and putting into mysql with python.)
>>
>> Anyway, I know I can set it up as service and a uniq port. What I am
>> lost how  is my friend Bod, does this...
>>
>> telnet mybox.com 9866
>>
>>
>> That the app will start. I firgure that there a couple ppl on the list
>> that might know how.
>>
>> It not as simple as when I ran a BBS.
>>
>> Thanks for any you can give this old geek. I am also helping my
>> buddies, but rest up my MUD and Crossfire.
>> --
>> -----------------------------------------
>> Discover it! Enjoy it! Share it! openSUSE Linux.
>> -----------------------------------------
>> openSUSE -- en.opensuse.org/User:Terrorpup
>> openSUSE Ambassador/openSUSE Member
>> skype,twiiter,identica,friendfeed -- terrorpup
>> freenode(irc) --terrorpup/lupinstein
>>
>> Have you tried SUSE Studio? Need to create a Live CD,  an app you want
>> to package and distribute , or create your own linux distro. Give SUSE
>> Studio a try. www.susestudio.com.
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Ale mailing list
>> Ale at ale.org
>> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
>> See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at
>> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo
>
>
>
> --
> --
> James P. Kinney III
> I would rather stumble along in freedom than walk effortlessly in chains.
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Ale mailing list
> Ale at ale.org
> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
> See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at
> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo
>
>

Lucky I have already create the VM for it. I got a script to make
snapshots so that I can recover. Sounds like a plan, but I was trying
to make it so Windoze users don't have to install putty. To to teach
them can be painful.

-- 
-----------------------------------------
Discover it! Enjoy it! Share it! openSUSE Linux.
-----------------------------------------
openSUSE -- en.opensuse.org/User:Terrorpup
openSUSE Ambassador/openSUSE Member
skype,twiiter,identica,friendfeed -- terrorpup
freenode(irc) --terrorpup/lupinstein

Have you tried SUSE Studio? Need to create a Live CD,  an app you want
to package and distribute , or create your own linux distro. Give SUSE
Studio a try. www.susestudio.com.