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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.bhp.com.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!hookup!jussieu.fr!infobiogen.fr!pasteur.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!in2p3.fr!swidir.switch.ch!swsbe6.switch.ch!surfnet.nl!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.interport.net!news.interport.net!not-for-mail From: davidtay@interport.net (David Tay) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: goddamn chroot() Date: 2 Feb 1996 12:19:54 -0500 Organization: Interport Communications Corp. Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4eth3q$hl8@interport.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: interport.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] is it just me or is chroot the most elusive command around? why is it that everyone mentions it casually but never explain what it is? is there a man page for this? i swear to god, the damn thing works on one machine and not this other one. if anyone can help me lock a login ID to a preset root directory, I would be forever indebted to you. I know it can be done it passwd file (yes, I'm using vipw). Please help. I'm going nuts here.