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Chapter 9, Administration and Automation

#80 Protect Yourself from Windows Applications

HACK

cd /home/jail/cxoffice/bin

sudo -u jail /home/jail/cxoffice/bin/winword f:"$filename"

sudo -u jail rm -f /home/jail/Documents/"$filename"

else

echo "No such file, or file is not readable"

fi

Save your work, and make the file executable:

# chmod +x /usr/local/bin/wordview

You have to take care of two obscure details to make this work. First, you

must configure CrossOver Office (or Wine) to equate DOS drive

f: with the

/home/jail/Documents directory. Here’s how to do that with CrossOver

Office:

# su - jail

$ cd /home/jail/.cxoffice/dotwine/dosdevices

$ ln -sf /home/jail/Documents "f:"

$ exit

If the DOS drive f: is already defined by CrossOver Office, choose another

driver letter, but make sure it matches the drive letter in the /usr/local/bin/

wordview script that looks like this:

sudo -u jail /home/jail/cxoffice/bin/winword f:"$filename"

If you are using something other than CrossOver Office, you also have to

adjust one other line in the /usr/local/bin/wordview script. This line points to

the executables directory for CrossOver Office:

cd /home/jail/cxoffice/bin

It needs to be changed to point to the location of the executable files you are

using:

cd /home/jail/<route to your winword executable file>

Give Your Creation a Try

Now you’re ready to try it out. Log in as a normal user and find a Microsoft

Word document ...