mod_userdir broken.

[Herman Bos]

Hi,

I'm running
Apache/2.0.54 (Ubuntu) with mod_chroot/0.5

The problem I encounter is that mod_userdir seems broken (as soon as i
load mod_chroot).

I thought mount bind /home into the chroot would be enough. (And i'm
sure this works correctly since the virtual hosts who point to something
in /home do work).

However its displays a nice Not Found error when I surf to host/~username.

Some tips/hints would be great. I couldnt find anything in the gmane
archive.

Thanks in advance,

Herman Bos

[Marek Gutkowski]

Post by Herman Bos
I'm running
Apache/2.0.54 (Ubuntu) with mod_chroot/0.5
The problem I encounter is that mod_userdir seems broken (as soon as i
load mod_chroot).
I thought mount bind /home into the chroot would be enough. (And i'm
sure this works correctly since the virtual hosts who point to something
in /home do work).
However its displays a nice Not Found error when I surf to host/~username.
Some tips/hints would be great. I couldnt find anything in the gmane
archive.

You also need to copy /etc/passwd - that's where Apache looks when
mapping ~username to a filesystem path.

regards,

[Clement Hermann]

Post by Marek Gutkowski
You also need to copy /etc/passwd - that's where Apache looks when
mapping ~username to a filesystem path.

note that if you use ldap or another network authentification system,
this would change.

use getent passwd in the chroot to check if it would work.

Regards,