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From: "Jonathan Paton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Perl Beginners" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 6:54 PM
Subject: Re: trying to chroot perl and its modules
> > with the command
> >
> > /usr/sbin/chroot /chroot/ /usr/bin/perl /mail.pl
> >
> > i receive the error
> >
> > Failed to connect to mail server: No such file or directory
> > at /mail.pl line 19 ($msg->send('smtp', 'host.com')
> >
> > This script works well outside the chroot area.
>
> Problem is either a misunderstanding or oversight.
>
> If you use chroot then you change what the program percieves
> as the root directory. So /mail.pl in the chroot enviroment
> would be /chroot/mail.pl outside. mail.pl is in a directory no
> longer accessable once you are in the chroot jail.
>
> chroot should never be an excuse for running untrusted or
> poor quality software. It is simply another layer of security,
> which usually restricts damage if the code is exploited.
>
> Jonathan Paton
>
> --
> #!perl
> $J=' 'x25 ;for (qq< 1+10 9+14 5-10 50-9 7+13 2-18 6+13
> 17+6 02+1 2-10 00+4 00+8 3-13 3+12 01-5 2-10 01+1 03+4
> 00+4 00+8 1-21 01+1 00+5 01-7 >=~/ \S\S \S\S /gx) {m/(
> \d+) (.+) /x,, vec$ J,$p +=$2 ,8,= $c+= +$1} warn $J,,
>
Well, i am trying to figure out what i have forgotten to copy into the
chroot jail.
Why should my experiment not work? I cannot see any reason of not working.
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