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Bugtraq archives for 2nd quarter (Apr-Jun) 1994: Re: FTP services --

Re: FTP services --

Wolfram Schmidt (wschmidtiao.fhg.de)
Fri, 15 Apr 94 18:45:29 +0200 

] From: Marcus J Ranum <mjrtis.com>
[...]
] 	My recent note about running ftpds pre-chrooted has garnered
] me several how-to requests. I'll describe briefly how we do it, and
] I guess I'll add it to the FAQ.
[...]
] 6: Write a wrapper to kick ftpd off and install it in /etc/inetd.conf
] 	The wrapper should look something like: (assuming ~ftp = /var/ftp)
] 
] main()
] {
[...]
] }

I don't know how well this works for other people, but I placed the
following line in /etc/inetd.conf (SunOS 4.1.x):
[edited to fit on one line]
rftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/etc/chroot rftpd /path/PROJECT /bin/rftpd


Wolfram Schmidt


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