Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2001 20:14:28 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Francisco Reyes <lists@natserv.com> Cc: FreeBSD Security List <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Chroot or jail? Message-ID: <21611.1004901268@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 04 Nov 2001 14:10:43 EST." <20011104140305.C18599-100000@zoraida.natserv.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
In message <20011104140305.C18599-100000@zoraida.natserv.net>, Francisco Reyes writes: >I am trying to see which method would be best for the following. I have an >ID I use to copy data from one machine to another using SSH. I created >some passwordless keys for the ID so the synchronization program, unison, could run >unatended. > >As an additional precaution I wanted to isolate what the ID could see. I >was unable to understand the chroot man page and the jail page will take >me some time to read so I am going to print it and read it carefully. Both chroot and jail must be run as root. Chroot doesn't hide anything only jail does. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?21611.1004901268>