Michiel Boland wrote:

> > I'm trying to run mathopd chroot'ed and I get an "Invalid user
> > name." error; is this due to the absence of $ROOTDIR/etc/passwd ?
> 
> Right.
> 
> > I'd hate to keep a copy of /etc/passwd inside $ROOTDIR
> 
> You don't have to. All you need is a passwd file that has an entry for
> your user.

it should work but it is one more thing to look after :-((
is there any problem in calling getpwnam() before chroot'ing?

btw: do the typical mathopd admin runs it chrooted? please answer to me
directly and I'll summarize to the list.

TIA!

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