Comments on: Using Jailkit for chrooting shell accounts https://www.brandonchecketts.com/archives/using-jailkit-for-chrooting-shell-accounts Web Programming, Linux System Administation, and Entrepreneurship in Athens Georgia Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:54:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: Kevin https://www.brandonchecketts.com/archives/using-jailkit-for-chrooting-shell-accounts/comment-page-1#comment-979 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:54:29 +0000 http://www.brandonchecketts.com/archives/using-jailkit-for-chrooting-shell-accounts#comment-979 I installed 2.5 and found a few more things that are helpful – not sure if they are there in 2.4.

There is a jk_cp command that will copy a file into the jail along with any related libraries. If the library already exists in the jail it leaves it alone:

jk_cp -v -j /home/jail-someuser /bin/hostname

Also, “editors” installs vim and all related libraries, you just need to create an alias for vi to vim.

You also need to setup the /etc/passwd and /etc/group files inside the jail with the user’s information and group (all paths relative to within the jail). I had a problem where the user would login, but then immediately exit and it was due to the /etc/group file not being updated.

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