Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 06:33:20 -0800 From: "Jeremiah Gowdy" <jgowdy@home.com> To: "Lloyd Rennie" <lloyd@vbc.net>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: chrooted shell accounts Message-ID: <004c01c04fda$2b1560a0$aa240018@cx443070b> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10011131312350.28019-100000@brunel.uk1.vbc.net>
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Lloyd Rennie" <lloyd@vbc.net>
To: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 5:22 AM
Subject: chrooted shell accounts
>
> 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suddenly /bin/csh is no longer valid.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.
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