FemmeFatale wrote: > daRcmaTTeR wrote: > <Giant snip> > >> And I love the fact that it chroot, (jails) things by default, so >> there isn't any hair-pulling to get that taken care of. >> > sounds like a cool ftp file program. stupid question: why is chroot a > good thing? > > Jail? Scuse me i'm slow today :) >
No problem Femme...we all have out slow days. I'll try as best I can to articulate to you in my limited understanding of *chroot* and why it's a good thing. Chroot is good because as the connections come in to the ftp server they are literally jailed to the ftp server's file system. /var/ftp They can enter that part of the machines file system and can't get out to go anywhere else on the machine's file system. Many times for certain services one must take care of this process for one's self, however, this happens by default with this FTP server. Which makes it very desirable for people like myself who don't have the time, or at present, a complete enough knowledge base to properly secure their FTP server the way it should be. Mind you, that doesn't mean the system itself is unsecure, rather I've still got a *bit* to learn as far as REALLY securing an FTP server as best as that can be done. -- daRcmaTTeR ---------- Registered Linux User 182496
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