Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 20:33:39 +0100 (CET) From: "David E. Meier" <dev@eth0.ch> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with chroot, uid's and quota Message-ID: <1904.217.162.71.141.1103657619.squirrel@217.162.71.141> In-Reply-To: <1869.217.162.71.141.1103656182.squirrel@217.162.71.141> References: <1706.217.162.71.141.1103648745.squirrel@217.162.71.141> <20041221184957.GB81359@ei.bzerk.org> <1869.217.162.71.141.1103656182.squirrel@217.162.71.141>
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>>> Somehow the gid's can get mapped to names but the uid's can't. Can >>> anyone >>> point out what I need to adjust or is required to get uid's working >>> with >>> names as well? >> >> In FreeBSD, group names are resolved through /etc/group. Usernames >> however resolve through a user database that is derived from >> /etc/master.passwd. The actual database files are /etc/pwd.db and >> /etc/spwd.db. Try to experiment which of these 3 files are actually >> required by the quota and ls commands to resolve the usernames. > > Thanks you Ruben. That explains why. The only file required is /etc/pw.db. > >> Remember however that putting sensitive information like this inside >> the chroot is a security risk. master.passwd and spwd.db contain the >> (encrypted, but crackable) passwords of all users. > > Is there a way of creating such a file independently and containing only > the chroot user's data? Nevermind, I found out: pwd_mkdb
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