[Proftpd-user] root permissions (was: Setting up restricted ftp/sftp site)

Matus UHLAR - fantomas <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.network.proftpd.user
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On 17.11.19 14:28, Rob Coops wrote:
>A few things I seen here (some already addressed in the mail chain.
>
>NEVER EVER run as root if this is anything else than a test, if the test
>has the potential of connecting to the outside world (in other words the
>machine could even just in theory be connected to the outside world do not
>run as root. 

The question is, if ProFTPD can switch to diferent system accounts without
running as root, and how.

Also, how much buggy is the code that runs before user switching is done.

And, if real chroot is possible without root permissions (capabilities?). 
Because, real chroot() brings more security than mod_vroot.


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