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What chroot() is really for

What chroot() is really for

Posted Oct 7, 2007 17:56 UTC (Sun) by thedevil (guest, #32913)
In reply to: What chroot() is really for by Klavs
Parent article: What chroot() is really for

>> The apache example is a good one. One should always have several layers of security, and putting apache in a chroot is such a layer - and a good one at that. The "risk" of someone finding a bug in some website software is VERY high - even if it's your own software and you've been security conscious - we all make mistakes, and also new bugs is found in PHP and other languages all the time. <<

How do you enable per-user web directories (typically ~/public_html) if the webserver is chrooted?


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