On Fri, May 05, 2006 at 09:15:01AM +0200, joeytrviano wrote: > I would like to know how host root user and each vserver root users are > differentiated by the system. > Are they one same user just chrooted in each vserver directory or are > there several users named root at different levels?
every root user is different ... http://linux-vserver.org/ Linux-VServer provides virtualization for GNU/Linux systems. This is accomplished by kernel level isolation. It allows to run multiple virtual units at once. Those units are sufficiently isolated to ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ guarantee the required security, but utilize available resources ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ efficiently, as they run on the same kernel. simply try different passwords for each root user ... http://linux-vserver.org/short+presentation Why do you need vservers ? A) Many Tasks on the same Box Also, you can give the root password of a vserver to one administrator and he will be able to perform updates, restart services and so on without having to know about every other project hosted on a server. -- 5o Peter.Mann at tuke.sk _______________________________________________ Vserver mailing list Vserver@list.linux-vserver.org http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver
