On Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 11:45:28PM +0100, eim wrote:
> my Finger Daemon conclusion...
>
> First, Thanks for all the answers to my question.
>
> Well, so it really seems it's better to avoid using
> any finger daemon, security has always priority.
>
> Anyway I thought the finger daemon would be a nice
> feature for the .plan files, userinfo and mail info
> for the users of my box.
>
> Maybe running fingerd in a chrooted jail as not-root
> user would be a secure-like solution, got to think about it.
I'm no security expert, but...
Wouldn't running fingerd in a chroot jail prevent it from accessing
users' .plan files?
>
> Thanks again for all the replays,
> have a nice time...
> -Ivo
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