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PAM_CHROOT(8)		    System Manager's Manual		 PAM_CHROOT(8)

NAME
       pam_chroot -- Chroot PAM	module

SYNOPSIS
       [service-name] module-type control-flag pam_chroot [arguments]

DESCRIPTION
       The chroot service module for PAM chroots users into either a predeter-
       mined  directory	or one derived from their home directory.  If a	user's
       home directory  as  specified  in  the  passwd  structure  returned  by
       getpwnam(3)  contains  the  string  "/./", the portion of the directory
       name to the left	of that	string is used as the  chroot  directory,  and
       the  portion  to	the right will be the current working directory	inside
       the chroot tree.	 Otherwise, the	directories specified by the  dir  and
       cwd options (see	below) are used.

       also_root  Do not hold user ID 0	exempt from the	chroot requirement.

       always	  Report  a failure if a chroot	directory could	not be derived
		  from the user's home directory, and the dir option  was  not
		  specified.

       cwd=directory
		  Specify  the	directory  to chdir(2) into after a successful
		  chroot(2) call.

       dir=directory
		  Specify the chroot directory to use if one could not be  de-
		  rived	from the user's	home directory.

SEE ALSO
       pam(3), pam.conf(5)

AUTHORS
       The  pam_chroot	module	and  this  manual  page	were developed for the
       FreeBSD Project by ThinkSec AS and NAI Labs, the	Security Research  Di-
       vision	of   Network  Associates,  Inc.	 under	DARPA/SPAWAR  contract
       N66001-01-C-8035	("CBOSS"), as part of the DARPA	 CHATS	research  pro-
       gram.

FreeBSD	14.3		       February	10, 2003		 PAM_CHROOT(8)

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