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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>padded cell</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../P.html" title="P"/><link rel="previous" href="packet-over-air.html" title="packet over air"/><link rel="next" href="page-in.html" title="page in"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">padded cell</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="packet-over-air.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">P</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="page-in.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="padded-cell"/><dt xmlns="" id="padded-cell"><b>padded cell</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Where you put <a href="../L/luser.html"><i class="glossterm">luser</i></a>s so they can't hurt
anything. A program that limits a luser to a carefully restricted subset
of the capabilities of the host system (for example, the
<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">rsh</span>(1)</span>
utility on USG Unix). Note that this is different from an
<a href="../I/iron-box.html"><i class="glossterm">iron box</i></a> because it is overt and not aimed at enforcing security so
much as protecting others (and the luser) from the consequences of the
luser's boundless naivete (see <a href="../N/naive.html"><i class="glossterm">naive</i></a>). Also
<span class="firstterm">padded cell environment</span>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="packet-over-air.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../P.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="page-in.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">packet over air </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> page in</td></tr></table></div></body></html>