[R] Running R in a sandbox

[Gavin Simpson]

On Wed, 2011-08-03 at 11:04 +0300, Antonio Rodriges wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> The idea is to grant access of remote users to R running on Linux.
> Users must have ability to run their
> R scripts but avoid corrupting the operating system.
> 
> How one can restrict/limit access of remote users to certain R
> functions? For example, dealing with IO (file system), graphical
> tools, etc.

We've been here before, IIRC. But I'm too lazy to check the archives -
that's your job ;-)

Try a search on http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/search.html for relevant
terms and make sure you turn on the email lists and off the
functions/vignettes.

> Thank you.

G

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