The easy way around this problem is to use /etc/skel. Copy /home/ftp/*
to /etc/skel. That way, when a user is created, they will have /bin,
/lib, and /etc directories. When they log into the chrooted environment,
they will have what they need to operate.
FYI,
Kenny
Ken Ambrose wrote:
>
> And, just FYI, the reason that you were getting the chroot error is 'cause
> of the way that chroot works -- once you changed root with
> chroot /www
> chroot then goes to execute your $SHELL (or /bin/sh, failing $SHELL being
> defined)... however, shince /bin/sh is no longer accessible (after all,
> your root is now /www -- unless you've got sh in /www/bin/sh, it won't be
> accessible any more), you bomb out with the error you got. chroot is a
> powerful, but tricky, command -- probably best to stick with the FTP docs
> which will do it for you, when tweaked properly (as someone else's e-mail
> pointed out).
>
> -Ken
>
> On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Kurth Bemis wrote:
>
> > i'm looking at making it so that when ppl loginto FTP with thier usernames
> > and passwords they are put in a "false root" thus deniying them access to
> > the filesystem.....one problem.... look
> >
> > chroot: too few arguments
> > Try `chroot --help' for more information.
> > usa:root[/bin]$ chroot /www
> > chroot: cannot execute /bin/sh: No such file or directory
> > usa:root[/bin]$ ls
> > ae csh encrypt kill mt
> > rmdir stty vdir
> > arch date false ln mv
> > run-parts su vi
> > ash dd fdflush loadkeys netstat
> > sash sync virtfs
> > bash df fgrep login pidof
> > screen tar zcat
> > cat dir ftpaccess ls pine
> > screen-3.9.5 tcsh
> > chgrp dmesg fuser mkdir ping
> > secure-su tempfile
> > chmod dnsdomainname grep mknod ps
> > sed true
> > chown echo gunzip mktemp pwd
> > setserial umount
> > cp ed gzip more rbash
> > sh uname
> > cpio egrep hostname mount rm
> > sleep uncompress
> > usa:root[/bin]$
> >
> > hrm......never had this problem until i started using .debs!
> >
> > any ideas?
> >
> > ~kurth
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> >
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