On Monday 12 May 2008 03:44:40 James Knott wrote:
Anders Johansson wrote:
On Sunday 11 May 2008 13:53:14 James Knott wrote:
<snip> # To cause every FTP user to be "jailed" (chrooted) into their home # directory, uncomment this line. DefaultRoot ~ <snip>
Of course, if that's done, the user won't be able to do much, as he won't be able to access any executables that aren't in that jail.
Accessing executables? Breaking out of chroot?
What exactly do you and John do with your ftp servers?
Breaking out of a chroot jail is fairly easy, yes, if you're root and have a shell prompt. It's not that easy (or indeed possible) through an ftp client.
And I have never seen any need to access executables through an ftp client, unless I was trying to download them, in which case they should simply be copied to the ftp directory
Anders
Was ftp mentioned by the OP? I don't recall seeing it, but I don't have that message any more. This is why I was trying to clarify what, precisely he wanted to do.
The subject of the mail is a bit of a giveaway :) Anders -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org