Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 16:47:23 +0200 From: Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: alexus <alexus@gmail.com> Subject: Re: proftpd TLS Message-ID: <200905201647.23788.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> In-Reply-To: <6ae50c2d0905200713t7d9c785fs4f6c5ec6db4166de@mail.gmail.com> References: <6ae50c2d0905171301y2d92a7b1mc3598295de12ecc2@mail.gmail.com> <200905201346.33032.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> <6ae50c2d0905200713t7d9c785fs4f6c5ec6db4166de@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wednesday 20 May 2009 16:13:15 alexus wrote: > On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 7:46 AM, Mel Flynn > > <mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> wrote: > > On Tuesday 19 May 2009 21:18:48 alexus wrote: > >> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Mehul Ved <mehul.n.ved@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 11:14 PM, alexus <alexus@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> i start it as a root, but it switchs to non-root > >> >> > >> >> nobody 52346 0.0 0.1 11820 4208 ?? SsJ Sun06PM 0:00.66 > >> >> proftpd: (accepting connections) (proftpd) > >> > > >> > Check the value for 'user' in proftpd.conf. It will be nobody. Change > >> > it to root. > >> > > >> > -- > >> > > >> > Dyslexics have more fnu. - > >> > http://kingsly.net/tmp/fortune.php/1242364116 > >> > >> wouldn't it sort of make it more risky in terms of security to run > >> ftpd as root vs nobody? > >> in general daemon do not run as root and thats for a reason.. > > > > Yes, don't do it. Is proftpd started as root? Then this shouldn't occur, > > although a forum post[1] suggests that mod_cap can fiddle with this. > > > > [1] http://forums.proftpd.org/smf/index.php?topic=1315.0 > > -- > > Mel > > if i set User in proftpd.conf to root, then it runs as a root I said *start* as root. Theoretically, the pass phrase part for your certificate comes before dropping privileges. But maybe there's a bug in the code. Is proftpd running jailed or not? -- Mel
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