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A chroot on Unix operating systems is an operation that changes the apparent root directory for the current running process and its children.

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Changing password of a sftp chrootDirectory stops it from logging in

So I have a chrootdir setup in sshd_config to a folder, and the user myuser, it's been working fine for months, then today I wanted to change myuser's password, so I did this with passwd, then restarted /etc/init.d/ssh restart, but now when I try…
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SFTP chroot to /var/www stopped working

04 and setup sftp chroot to /var/www for our 2 developers. I followed the guide available online (referenced a few other as well) http://www.krizna.com/ubuntu/setup-ftp-server-on-ubuntu-14-04-vsftpd/ and setup vsftpd and setup ssh configuring in…
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What are the correct Linux permissions inside chroot jail with userspec

I am trying to setup a chroot jail, then I did: which binary ldd /bin/binary Then I did: cp /lib64/{libs} $jail/lib64 cp /usr/lib64/{libs} $jail/usr/lib64 PS: During this setup, I discovered that /lib64 needs special permissions r-x, only r--…
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To chroot or not to chroot (using alternatives)

For a VPS with some small websites, some users need SFTP-access. I want jail them in their own /home/-directory. This directory contains the data for the website. This is all new for me, so i need some advice. Chroot is the standard option for…
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named-sdb (bind) can't resolve mysql hostname in chroot

When running bind in chroot, the mysql dlz driver cannot resolve the hostname of the mysql server (rds). Using amazon ami (centos based) in VPC. Aug 25 10:22:27 paper named-sdb[6812]: Loading 'Mysql zone' using driver mysql Aug 25 10:23:48 paper…
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Chroot user to an existing folder witch parent owner isn´t root

We have moodle installed on our company and due to big SCORM packages + slow conection + proxy, I usually upload them with SFTP with my root user. Now, I want to give users a way to upload files by their own to this moodle folder, how can I do that?…
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schroot only works as root

I recently changed my OS from openSUSE to CentOS. A part of that transition was migrating my chroot jails and schroot configuration. That transition does however not seem to be "plug and play". I used to be able to use schroot as my user "richard",…
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CentOS 6.5 ssh ChrootDirectory not working

I have been trying to configure my CentOS 6.5 minimal 64 bit machine to allow SFTP users to connect and get jailed to specific folders. I can sftp in using the unix commmand: "sftp user@localhost" and move around within the restricted directory, but…
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Chroot on Ubuntu 14.04.2 using Jailkit - /dev/pts No such file or directory

For the past few days I've been trying to setup a chroot on my Ubuntu server but I've been running into an issue. I've tried several different methods of setting up a chroot on Ubuntu including just manually setting up folder permissions myself and…
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Trying to ChrootDirectory an SFTP user to their home directory

I have followed a few examples of how to do this, all of them end up with modifying sshd_config to Subsystem sftp internal-sftp Match User chubbyninja ChrootDirectory %h AllowTCPForwarding no X11Forwarding no ForceCommand…
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"No input file specified" when running php under fastcgi inside chroot under nginx outside of chroot

I have a scenario with nginx/1.4.6 running on Ubuntu 14.04 but with php/5.2.10 inside a chroot Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala). My issue is that all requests to php files result in the dreaded "No input file specified." I have the site stored inside the…
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Chrooted user can't login with SSH

I created a new user with no shell access like this: useradd -g www -d /www/user01 -p ****** -s /sbin/nologin user01 Then in my sshd_config I add those lines: AllowUsers user01 user02 manager Subsystem sftp internal-sftp Match User…
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Page displays "File not found" when I enable php-fpm chroot on debian wheezy apache2.2

I set up a chroot jail for a user "bob". bob is located in /var/jails/bob Bob has a site which is located in /var/jails/bob/bobssite.com/public_html Everything seems to work so far, including the fact that the process is being run with bob's uid…
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How to give developer shell access to use GIT and manage code, nothing else?

In CentOS 6.5 (SElinux off, chroot) with Webmin/Virtualmin (latest version) I want to give a developer access to SSH within /home/site so he can use only git to manage the code. I also want to give him access to FTP into /home/site/ and MySQL access…
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suPHP : proper use of the chroot feature

I started using suPHP recently, and I'm spending an amazing amount of time debugging the configurations and different compile options to get something that actually works. I've tried contacting the development team through their mailing list, but…
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