Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 17:00:11 -0400 From: alexus <alexus@gmail.com> To: Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: proftpd TLS Message-ID: <6ae50c2d0905201400k30aede80qd5625db910e3df4a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <6ae50c2d0905201357o62d78858ydbc5d8012e880ebf@mail.gmail.com> References: <6ae50c2d0905171301y2d92a7b1mc3598295de12ecc2@mail.gmail.com> <200905201346.33032.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> <6ae50c2d0905200713t7d9c785fs4f6c5ec6db4166de@mail.gmail.com> <200905201647.23788.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> <6ae50c2d0905201357o62d78858ydbc5d8012e880ebf@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 4:57 PM, alexus <alexus@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Mel Flynn > <mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> wrote: >> 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> w= rote: >>> >> > 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 =C2=A00.0 =C2=A00.1 11820 =C2=A04208 =C2=A0?? =C2=A0= SsJ =C2=A0Sun06PM =C2=A0 0:00.66 >>> >> >> proftpd: (accepting connections) (proftpd) >>> >> > >>> >> > Check the value for 'user' in proftpd.conf. It will be nobody. Cha= nge >>> >> > it to root. >>> >> > >>> >> > -- >>> >> > >>> >> > Dyslexics have more fnu. =C2=A0- >>> >> > 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 occ= ur, >>> > although a forum post[1] suggests that mod_cap can fiddle with this. >>> > >>> > [1] http://forums.proftpd.org/smf/index.php?topic=3D1315.0 >>> > -- >>> > 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 >> > > yes, proftpd runs inside of jail > > -- > http://alexus.org/ > this is proftpd started as root then it switch to nobody nobody 52346 0.0 0.1 11820 4208 ?? SsJ Sun06PM 0:00.66 proftpd: (accepting connections) (proftpd) SsJ =3D j means jail --=20 http://alexus.org/
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