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36.Dd February 10, 2003
37.Dt PAM_CHROOT 8
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm pam_chroot
41.Nd Chroot PAM module
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.Op Ar service-name
44.Ar module-type
45.Ar control-flag
46.Pa pam_chroot
47.Op Ar arguments
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49The chroot service module for PAM chroots users into either a
50predetermined directory or one derived from their home directory.
51If a user's home directory as specified in the
52.Vt passwd
53structure returned by
54.Xr getpwnam 3
55contains the string
56.Dq Li /./ ,
57the portion of the directory name to the left of that string is used
58as the chroot directory, and the portion to the right will be the
59current working directory inside the chroot tree.
60Otherwise, the directories specified by the
61.Cm dir
62and
63.Cm cwd
64options (see below) are used.
65.Bl -tag -width ".Cm also_root"
66.It Cm also_root
67Do not hold user ID 0 exempt from the chroot requirement.
68.It Cm always
69Report a failure if a chroot directory could not be derived from the
70user's home directory, and the
71.Cm dir
72option was not specified.
73.It Cm cwd Ns = Ns Ar directory
74Specify the directory to
75.Xr chdir 2
76into after a successful
77.Xr chroot 2
78call.
79.It Cm dir Ns = Ns Ar directory
80Specify the chroot directory to use if one could not be derived from
81the user's home directory.
82.El
83.Sh SEE ALSO
84.Xr pam.conf 5 ,
85.Xr pam 8
86.Sh AUTHORS
87The
88.Nm
89module and this manual page were developed for the
90.Fx
91Project by
92ThinkSec AS and NAI Labs, the Security Research Division of Network
93Associates, Inc.\& under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
94.Pq Dq CBOSS ,
95as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
96