From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 20 20:57:40 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6614D106568C for ; Wed, 20 May 2009 20:57:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexus@gmail.com) Received: from yx-out-2324.google.com (yx-out-2324.google.com [74.125.44.29]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A8A18FC16 for ; Wed, 20 May 2009 20:57:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexus@gmail.com) Received: by yx-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 8so429619yxb.13 for ; Wed, 20 May 2009 13:57:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=q01u5WPyCmKDeAg/zCDli7Zt4Mk1HPvZUy/I65B9lks=; b=rMWafVzlG9XRludsTrxwNDc9LKs5pYiUitMHxHP4ugwPrvEtdtiTJHEG40u0+Dnf2s 357JVwaMC2V3/MPSWlXS1dIkBgoIsgz/gLZHhbAq6Zd/hsB9oTKY+XRf+RXCkjm3EWDF 003sCeA5rLEWET7oWOITMssRQQtQKYhEI2P4Y= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=ghZsL2G5fBEgKDLcGb76qK3cfvXRa6DVeVJ0VUAkIE1vj4vA+h3WCvIAY4b9GAcfVm Qkifo8dAyoJoSZ1nZ8kekCBhz77wv/PyZm46JmrLDsveYIiohjFSzdJ9fifRuA0gAKq4 Iv+kL0xwwPtr64KseMqAOcwer3eBlyNmBCe+Y= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.151.138.7 with SMTP id q7mr3536882ybn.166.1242853059328; Wed, 20 May 2009 13:57:39 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <200905201647.23788.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> References: <6ae50c2d0905171301y2d92a7b1mc3598295de12ecc2@mail.gmail.com> <200905201346.33032.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> <6ae50c2d0905200713t7d9c785fs4f6c5ec6db4166de@mail.gmail.com> <200905201647.23788.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 16:57:39 -0400 Message-ID: <6ae50c2d0905201357o62d78858ydbc5d8012e880ebf@mail.gmail.com> From: alexus To: Mel Flynn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: proftpd TLS X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 20:57:41 -0000 On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Mel Flynn wrote: > On Wednesday 20 May 2009 16:13:15 alexus wrote: >> On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 7:46 AM, Mel Flynn >> >> wrote: >> > On Tuesday 19 May 2009 21:18:48 alexus wrote: >> >> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Mehul Ved wr= ote: >> >> > On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 11:14 PM, alexus wrote: >> >> >> i start it as a root, but it switchs to non-root >> >> >> >> >> >> nobody 52346 =C2=A00.0 =C2=A00.1 11820 =C2=A04208 =C2=A0?? =C2=A0S= sJ =C2=A0Sun06PM =C2=A0 0:00.66 >> >> >> proftpd: (accepting connections) (proftpd) >> >> > >> >> > Check the value for 'user' in proftpd.conf. It will be nobody. Chan= ge >> >> > it to root. >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > >> >> > Dyslexics have more fnu. =C2=A0- >> >> > http://kingsly.net/tmp/fortune.php/1242364116 >> >> >> >> wouldn't it sort of make it more risky in terms of security to run >> >> ftpd as root vs nobody? >> >> in general daemon do not run as root and thats for a reason.. >> > >> > Yes, don't do it. Is proftpd started as root? Then this shouldn't occu= r, >> > although a forum post[1] suggests that mod_cap can fiddle with this. >> > >> > [1] http://forums.proftpd.org/smf/index.php?topic=3D1315.0 >> > -- >> > Mel >> >> if i set User in proftpd.conf to root, then it runs as a root > > I said *start* as root. Theoretically, the pass phrase part for your > certificate comes before dropping privileges. But maybe there's a bug in = the > code. Is proftpd running jailed or not? > > -- > Mel > yes, proftpd runs inside of jail --=20 http://alexus.org/