Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 05:26:29 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Walter Hop <walter@binity.com> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: chroot+su idea Message-ID: <3C6D0C85.4D058346@mindspring.com> References: <18416867424.20020215140249@binity.com>
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Walter Hop wrote: > Is there a tool available that combines chroot and su? If not, a > chroot capability would be an interesting feature to add to the > FreeBSD ``su'' command in my opinion, e.g. > > % su -l ircd -r /usr/local/ircd -c 'bin/ircd' > > Any ideas or suggestions would be welcomed. If I have overlooked a > current solution for the chroot+su chicken/egg problem, I'd love to > submit a patch for su to add such a chroot parameter, but I could > imagine that the committer team is more conservative than I am. :) Don't use "su". Use the systemcalls "setgig" and "setuid" to drop priviledges in the program itself. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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