Yeah I though maybe permissions but I also adjusted those. This is whats really strange look at the output of this: #ls -la /etc total 900 drwxr-xr-x 3 0 0 4096 Jul 24 17:04 . drwxr-xr-x 17 0 0 4096 Jul 22 17:00 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 11 Jul 22 17:00 group -rwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 245 Jul 22 17:00 hosts -rwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 24120 Jul 22 17:00 ld.so.cache -rwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 28 Jul 22 17:00 ld.so.conf drwxr-xr-x 2 0 0 4096 Jul 22 17:00 ld.so.conf.d -rwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 1696 Jul 22 17:00 nsswitch.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 144 Jul 24 17:04 passwd -rwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 66 Jul 22 17:00 resolv.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 807103 Jul 22 17:00 termcap it doesn't even seem to be able to translate the name/groups in the directory listing. On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 6:14 PM, Jon Kibler <Jon.Kibler@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > D M wrote: >> OS: RHEL5.2 >> Openssh: 5.0p1 and now 5.1 >> >> I have successfully setup a chroot jail using openssh's new native >> jail support and almost everything appears to be working >> (ls,cd,cat,uname,etc,ect). However I can't run any commands that >> identify the user.. such as ld -un whoami logname. They all fail with >> this result: >> >> #whoami >> whoami: cannot find name for user ID 503 >> #id >> uid=503 gid=504 groups=504 >> #id -un >> id: cannot find name for user ID 503 >> 503 >> #logname >> 503 > > I don't mean to ask really dumb questions, but can you: > cat /etc/passwd > cat /etc/group > grep -F ':503:' /etc/passwd > grep -F ':504:' /etc/group > > from within the jail? > > If not, you may have directory ownership/permissions problems. For > example, in a jail, make sure /etc o:g=root:root & perm=0551. > > I know you said you have checked... but just adding another approach. > > Jon Kibler > - -- > Jon R. Kibler > Chief Technical Officer > Advanced Systems Engineering Technology, Inc. > Charleston, SC USA > o: 843-849-8214 > c: 843-224-2494 > s: 843-564-4224 > > My PGP Fingerprint is: > BAA2 1F2C 5543 5D25 4636 A392 515C 5045 CF39 4253 > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAkiJDNQACgkQUVxQRc85QlPIgACgkdQ9F8Z954/Tv4//kb9JgtF3 > GTwAoKBgmj3+JFCtyy3JaJKDgFnhQzCX > =KR5N > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > ================================================== > Filtered by: TRUSTEM.COM's Email Filtering Service > http://www.trustem.com/ > No Spam. No Viruses. Just Good Clean Email. > >
