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[Anders Johansson <ajh@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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
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