here NO ONE can solve this problem...??

[pr.itdude]

frndz....i tried searching here but couldnt got my answer.....
really no one here can solve my this problem :

I'm wanting to block access to specific websites for a user account, but, I wish to have those sites accesible to other users on the computer. I understand that I can manipulate the Windows Hosts file to block access to sites, however, hosts file is single for all user thats in windows....

I'd appreciate any suggestions on how to produce my desired result.

if someone can really solve then plz help me..........

have a look here too.......
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=104122

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17/12 2.09pm,

no reply in two days........although 30 views.........
really no one here can solve this problem...........!!!!
is really thinkdigitian all about this....??

 

[JojoTheDragon]

if you have vista then it will be easy. control panel>user accounts and family safety>set up parental control for any user>select account>

May be similar in xp but dunno

 

[pr.itdude]

no there is not such thing in XP and i am using XP........
also i want that the other user dont know that the particular site they are trying to access is intentionally blocked.....but it should show a network error or site down something thats real.......!!

 

[rhitwick]

C, the thing u want is called an ACL or Access Control List.
Network Admins use this, For networked PCs this list is applied in the main server.
If u want to use for stand alone pc, u need a parental guidance s/w. they also do such kinda thing.
A few months(7-8) ago Digit reviewed such s/w, there was some which runs silently, even doesn't shows up in task manager.

 

[pr.itdude]

do u remember the name of the s/w..........!!
can't we do it without the use of any software......??

 

[Pathik]

You can do it without software. Just run a batch file when any user logs in. Create different host files for each user and place it in startup. In the batch file, just replace the hosts file with the user specific file.

 

[pr.itdude]

Create different host files for each user and place it in startup. In the batch file, just replace the hosts file with the user specific file.

@ pathik.......
can u plz elaborate this procedure of creating and replacing hosts file and the contents of it......!!
i hv never done this before and i want no mistake....so plz...
is there any danger or something like that with replacing the windows files...........???

 

[pr.itdude]

@pathik.....
plz yaar..reply.......i urgently need this .....!!
it'll be very helpful to me......!!

 

[ravi_9793]

Dear, you need any parental control software. Xp don't have inbuilt parental control.

 

[pr.itdude]

hey dude........
i hav already mentioned that i can't use any parental control s/w as the user got to know that the site is intentionally blocked.......!! and i dont want that........!!
i hav already tried...!!
im really interested in what pathik told.........but thats incomplete......!!

 

[paroh]

u can try this Advanced Parental Control. It use stealth mode

 

[Pathik]

Create a host file with the sites you want to block mapped to localhost - 127.0.0.1.

suppose you keep it in C:\xxx\hosts

Now create a .bat file with the contents

@echo off
ren C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts abc
mov C:\xxx\hosts C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\

and place this bat file in the startup of the user account you want to restrict.

In your startup, just keep this to replace it with the original file.

@echo off
del C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\abc
ren C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\abc hosts

 

[pr.itdude]

thnx dude.......!!
now i understand what to do......!!
i done it with little more simplicity......but only with ur help...!!
thnx again..!!

 

[pr.itdude]

hi guys.......
the above problem was solved........
but now i want suggestions of u ppl for :

actually i wanna to know if i can limit the intenet bandwidth for different user of a same system without affecting the rest users........!! ???
some tweaks for this.......???