dustervoice
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I have six users (u1, u2 ....u6) and i want to "jail" those users to a directory call jailhouse. what is syntax to accomplish this. this is what im typing but its not working. chroot u1 u2 ...u6 /home/jailhouse
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chroot command
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chroot runs a command with different root directory. So it changes the / directory to a different dir.
What is exactly that you are trying to prevent?
If you want to prevent users from going around the filesystem while connecting via ftp you may look at configuring the ftp server properly.
For example using vsftpd you can add the line below in vsftpd.conf to jail users in their ftp homes (which are also the users' homedirs)
Instead, creating a chrooted shell for your users is no trivial task. you need to recreate copies of vital dirs in the user's homedir otherwise programs will malfunction. for example, even a normal "ls -l" command will need /bin to run. if a user is jailed in his home, that will not work.
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What is exactly that you are trying to prevent?
If you want to prevent users from going around the filesystem while connecting via ftp you may look at configuring the ftp server properly.
For example using vsftpd you can add the line below in vsftpd.conf to jail users in their ftp homes (which are also the users' homedirs)
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chroot_local_user=YESInstead, creating a chrooted shell for your users is no trivial task. you need to recreate copies of vital dirs in the user's homedir otherwise programs will malfunction. for example, even a normal "ls -l" command will need /bin to run. if a user is jailed in his home, that will not work.
QatQat
If I could have sex each time I reboot my server, I would definitely prefer Windoz over Linux!
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