[GLLUG] have user login to chroot

Alec Warner warnera6 at egr.msu.edu
Wed Aug 30 12:10:03 EDT 2006


Caleb Cushing wrote:
> I'm sure this is possible but not sure how. I'm talking logging in
> directly to the chroot... possibly having there home directory
> somewhere inside of it. would this be a matter of a .bash_profile (or
> other login script) or is it easier/harder?
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Afaik you need to use something funky here, you can't use bash (easily)
because the bash shell is running as a normal user; you would need a
setuid root chroot, or sudo rules to let them run chroot as their user.

PAM may let you do nastier stuff like that, but I'm unsure.


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