Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 12:47:19 +0000 (GMT) From: Lloyd Rennie <lloyd@vbc.net> To: Jeremiah Gowdy <jgowdy@home.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: chrooted shell accounts Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10011171246300.57737-100000@brunel.uk1.vbc.net> In-Reply-To: <004c01c04fda$2b1560a0$aa240018@cx443070b>
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On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, Jeremiah Gowdy wrote:
> > I have been having difficulty chrooting a user's shell on a machine here,
> > as detailed below. In this case the user in question is 'derek'.
> >
> >
> >
> > derek's shell is /usr/local/bin/derekshell, which is a binary file
> > generated by /usr/local/bin/derekshell.c;
> >
> > void main (int argc, char *argv []) {
> > system("/usr/local/bin/derekshell.sh");
> > }
> >
> > No rocket Science there. /usr/local/bin/derekshell has been added to
> > /etc/shells.
> >
> > /usr/local/bin/derekshell.sh looks like;
> >
> > #!/bin/sh
> > cd /home/derek
> > id # debug purposes
> > /usr/sbin/chroot /home/derek /bin/csh
> > id # debug purposes
> >
>
> I believe what you're doing wrong is, when you chroot, you need a new copy
> of the shell relative to the new path. In other words, when you chroot,
> suddenly /bin/csh is no longer valid. create /home/derek/bin/csh and you
> will probably have more luck.
You must have missed the earlier emails here - /home/derek/bin/csh exists
and has correct perms.
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