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Date:      Sat, 16 Dec 2000 01:37:09 +0300 (MSK)
From:      Maxim Konovalov <maxim@macomnet.ru>
To:        Peter Brezny <peter@sysadmin-inc.com>
Cc:        freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: named in a sand box.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012160135030.29880-100000@news1.macomnet.ru>
In-Reply-To: <002d01c066f4$1ba7a980$46010a0a@sysadmininc.com>

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Hello,

On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, Peter Brezny wrote:

> I have a nomenclature ignorance when it comes to the term sandbox.
> 
> When someone says, "named runs in a sandbox on my machine."
> 
> Do they mean
> 
> a) named runs under an unpriviliged user
> or
> b) named runs in a chrooted environment
> or
> c) both
> 
> ?

*I* mean "both".

http://www.psionic.com/papers/dns/dns-openbsd/

HTH

> In the /etc/namedb/named.conf it says that freebsd runs bind in a sandbox
> and refers to the named flags in rc.conf, and when you look at those flags
> in /etc/defults/named.conf all you see is the -u and -g options for the
> flags, NOT the -t option for running in a chrooted environemnt.
> 
> This led me to believe that 'sandbox' means unpriviliged user.  But when i
> posed a related question on -questions, someone told me that sandbox =
> chrooted environment.
> 
> I also want to know, if you are running named under an unpriviliged user, is
> it worth the extra trouble to run it chrooted?
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> Peter Brezny
> SysAdmin Services Inc.

- - maxim

-- 
Maxim Konovalov, MAcomnet, Internet-Intranet Dept., system engineer
phone: +7 (095) 796-9079, mailto: maxim@macomnet.ru



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