On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 4:57 PM, alexus <ale...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Mel Flynn > <mel.flynn+fbsd.questi...@mailing.thruhere.net> wrote: >> On Wednesday 20 May 2009 16:13:15 alexus wrote: >>> On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 7:46 AM, Mel Flynn >>> >>> <mel.flynn+fbsd.questi...@mailing.thruhere.net> wrote: >>> > On Tuesday 19 May 2009 21:18:48 alexus wrote: >>> >> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Mehul Ved <mehul.n....@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >> > On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 11:14 PM, alexus <ale...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >> >> i start it as a root, but it switchs to non-root >>> >> >> >>> >> >> nobody 52346 0.0 0.1 11820 4208 ?? SsJ Sun06PM 0:00.66 >>> >> >> proftpd: (accepting connections) (proftpd) >>> >> > >>> >> > Check the value for 'user' in proftpd.conf. It will be nobody. Change >>> >> > it to root. >>> >> > >>> >> > -- >>> >> > >>> >> > Dyslexics have more fnu. - >>> >> > http://kingsly.net/tmp/fortune.php/1242364116 >>> >> >>> >> wouldn't it sort of make it more risky in terms of security to run >>> >> ftpd as root vs nobody? >>> >> in general daemon do not run as root and thats for a reason.. >>> > >>> > Yes, don't do it. Is proftpd started as root? Then this shouldn't occur, >>> > although a forum post[1] suggests that mod_cap can fiddle with this. >>> > >>> > [1] http://forums.proftpd.org/smf/index.php?topic=1315.0 >>> > -- >>> > Mel >>> >>> if i set User in proftpd.conf to root, then it runs as a root >> >> I said *start* as root. Theoretically, the pass phrase part for your >> certificate comes before dropping privileges. But maybe there's a bug in the >> code. Is proftpd running jailed or not? >> >> -- >> Mel >> > > yes, proftpd runs inside of jail > > -- > http://alexus.org/ >
this is proftpd started as root then it switch to nobody nobody 52346 0.0 0.1 11820 4208 ?? SsJ Sun06PM 0:00.66 proftpd: (accepting connections) (proftpd) SsJ = j means jail -- http://alexus.org/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
