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chrootuid-1.3p0

control chroot and su access rights by application

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Description

Chrootuid makes it easy to run network services at a low privilege level and with restricted file system access. This utility employs both chroot and su to confine users to specified areas by assigning appropriate userids. Chrootuid was written by Wietse Venema.

Package information

Ports path
security/chrootuid
Package architecture
amd64
Maintainer
The OpenBSD ports mailing-list <ports@openbsd.org>
Categories
security
Available flavors
None listed

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Direct dependencies

None listed in sqlports.

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