linux, tomcat5, jsvc, chroot and jsvc error:Invalid user name 'nobody' specified

[Glen Ezkovich]

On Sep 19, 2004, at 8:11 PM, Brian D. McGrew wrote:

> Did you make sure you have a /etc/passwd file inside your chroot 
> filesystem?

Yes I did along with /etc/group and etc/shadow. I even mounted /etc 
within in the chroot file system. Didn't make a difference.

>
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>
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> On Sep 19, 2004, at 3:23 PM, Glen Ezkovich wrote:
>
>> Sorry about reposting but I know how many responses no subject lines 
>> get.
>>
>> On Sep 19, 2004, at 5:19 PM, Glen Ezkovich wrote:
>>
>>> I'm trying to run tomcat in chroot jail using jsvc. I can run tomcat 
>>> inside chroot by its self without any problems. I also can run 
>>> tomcat using jsvc as various users outside of chroot. When I attempt 
>>> to run tomcat with jsvc inside of a chroot jail, I get the folowing 
>>> error message:
>>>
>>>> jsvc error: Invalid user name 'named' specified
>>>
>>> No mater what user I specify I get the same error message. I assume 
>>> that jsvc is getting an error when changing the processes uid. 
>>> Obviously, I am missing user information inside my jail. I've tried 
>>> adding copies of /etc/group, /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow but that 
>>> didn't work. (not really surprised).
>>>
>>> So, how are users verified and what do I need to do to get them 
>>> rcognized in the chroot jail?
>>>
>>
>> Glen Ezkovich
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Glen Ezkovich
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