I don't run my apache in a chroot.
On 9/8/05, L. V. Lammert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 10:03 PM 9/7/2005 +1000, you wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >I want to put a cgi-script on my OpenBSD server for shell account
> >creation. Basically that allows users to sign up accounts via the web.
> >I however
On 9/7/05, Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > It's a useful idea in some scenarios, in others it's not.
>
> Right, and "providing shell accounts" is in the not category.
>
> Adam
>
OK I have to concede here. I didn't realize how powerful user classes
were. After doing some research I see that
Mike Hernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Work with means using various programs like vim or emacs or sed, etc
> to manipulate the files. And yes you need the binaries and their
> associated libraries for each program you want a jailed user to be
> able to run. You don't need an entire OS made av
On 9/7/05, Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> And "web hosting" is not "shell hosting" is it? What does "work with"
> mean anyways? You need all the binaries to "work with", and they
> need all their libs to function. Sure, you could copy all the binaries
> and libraries of the entire OS into th
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of
> Mike Hernandez
> Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 2:47 PM
> To: Adam; misc@openbsd.org
> Subject: Re: Shell account cgi script
>
> On 9/7/05, Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Mike Hernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On the contrary, they can do anything that the administrator makes it
> possible for them to do. Many of the web hosting accounts I've signed
> up for came with a jailed shell that I could use to work with the
> files on the server but nothing more.
And
On 9/7/05, Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Sep 2005 13:37:45 -0400 Mike Hernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> If someone is wanting to give people "shell accounts", then they
> generally want people to be able to access more than just the shell
> itself. The whole point is to let th
On Wed, 7 Sep 2005 13:37:45 -0400 Mike Hernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> On 9/7/05, Will H. Backman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Perhaps the OpenBSD community can at least come up with some general
> > hints for people who wish to use OpenBSD for hosting shell accounts.
>
> IMHO a good met
On 9/7/05, Will H. Backman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Perhaps the OpenBSD community can at least come up with some general
> hints for people who wish to use OpenBSD for hosting shell accounts.
IMHO a good method of this is by setting up a chroot for user shells,
whereby a user can log in and a
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of
> Stuart Henderson
> Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 12:13 PM
> To: Misc OpenBSD
> Subject: Re: Shell account cgi script
>
> --On 07 September 2005 10:40 -0500, L. V. Lammert
--On 07 September 2005 10:40 -0500, L. V. Lammert wrote:
There are always ways, .. but I would not consider recommending such
sophisticated solutions for the basic user level of this poster.
If it's necessary to ask questions of this nature, perhaps running a
server automatically handing out
At 08:16 AM 9/7/2005 -0700, Darrin Chandler wrote:
There's always a way. You could put the info somewhere within the chroot
and have a cron job check it every minute and add the user. Just one idea,
and it has drawbacks in a couple of areas...
There are always ways, .. but I would not consider
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> >I want to put a cgi-script on my OpenBSD server for shell account
> >creation. Basically that allows users to sign up accounts via the web.
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> You can't add a user via cgi with a normal OBSD installation, since Apache
> is running chroot'd.
Not directl
There's always a way. You could put the info somewhere within the chroot
and have a cron job check it every minute and add the user. Just one
idea, and it has drawbacks in a couple of areas...
L. V. Lammert wrote:
At 10:03 PM 9/7/2005 +1000, you wrote:
Hello,
I want to put a cgi-script on
At 10:03 PM 9/7/2005 +1000, you wrote:
Hello,
I want to put a cgi-script on my OpenBSD server for shell account
creation. Basically that allows users to sign up accounts via the web.
I however know very little about cgi, I could probably write one if I
looked into it but I thought I would ask fi
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