I believe "betterlinux.com" has a system of doing this...

On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 1:09 AM, Dan Egli <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hey plug folks,
> I was wondering if anyone had any good URLs for how-to's or FAQs that
> explain how to run Apache in a chroot jail. I'm in process of going through
> my server configuration and moving everything possible into a chroot jail
> for the extra security. The way I figure it, if someone does manage to hack
> into my SMTP server, or my IMAP server, or something like that, then at
> worst they get access to whatever is in that location, but don't get access
> to anything critical. I'm guessing it reduces the likelihood of someone
> using my system as a jumping point for spam or other hacks.
>
> I've got the basic setup worked out for my mail servers and my DNS server.
> The only other open TCP port on this machine (besides 22 for ssh,
> obviously) is http/80. I know Apache has a module for running things in a
> chroot environment (mod_root?) but I've never used it, nor until just
> recently tried to migrate things to a chroot environment. So I'm looking
> for documents that show the process.
>
> Any suggestions are welcome. Basically I'm trying to minimize the exposure
> in case someone does try to hack me. :)
>
> --- Dan
>
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