[scponly] jailed etc/passwd

Jorge Almeida jalmeida at math.ist.utl.pt
Wed Feb 18 23:37:16 EST 2004


On Wed, 18 Feb 2004, Sven Hoexter wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 09:42:13PM +0000, Jorge Almeida wrote:
> > I wonder is the file $JAIL/etc/passwd is really necessary. I removed it
> > from the jail directory and sftp still works. Could it be that it is
> > necessary for WINscp? I have no way to test this. 
> > Anyone?
> uh I'm just guessing at this point so be aware this might be completly wrong.
> 
> I guess it's only needed for uid<->names mapping within the scponlyc chroot().
> Sven
> 
Well, that makes sense. Maybe someone else can give some input about the
WINscp matter. I don't know a thing about WINscp, nor about windows...
Thank you.

Jorge 



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