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authorKevin Steves <stevesk@cvs.openbsd.org>2009-12-19 16:53:14 +0000
committerKevin Steves <stevesk@cvs.openbsd.org>2009-12-19 16:53:14 +0000
commit1fe64736e6d768c64774010591775e1b292863f2 (patch)
tree6357c079ece9083fb914dce92e485e4f6c797c31 /usr.bin/ssh/sshd_config.5
parentc16dd333f7e56c2992f57529d0da6e5e8a698727 (diff)
try to clarify ChrootDirectory pathname argument a bit; resulting from
a question on openssh-unix-dev. ok jmc@
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/ssh/sshd_config.5')
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/ssh/sshd_config.510
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/ssh/sshd_config.5 b/usr.bin/ssh/sshd_config.5
index 1ae8e0fb945..e622e0882db 100644
--- a/usr.bin/ssh/sshd_config.5
+++ b/usr.bin/ssh/sshd_config.5
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $OpenBSD: sshd_config.5,v 1.112 2009/11/10 02:58:56 djm Exp $
-.Dd $Mdocdate: November 10 2009 $
+.\" $OpenBSD: sshd_config.5,v 1.113 2009/12/19 16:53:13 stevesk Exp $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: December 19 2009 $
.Dt SSHD_CONFIG 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -183,16 +183,16 @@ are supported.
The default is
.Dq yes .
.It Cm ChrootDirectory
-Specifies a path to
+Specifies the pathname of a directory to
.Xr chroot 2
to after authentication.
-This path, and all its components, must be root-owned directories that are
+All components of the pathname must be root-owned directories that are
not writable by any other user or group.
After the chroot,
.Xr sshd 8
changes the working directory to the user's home directory.
.Pp
-The path may contain the following tokens that are expanded at runtime once
+The pathname may contain the following tokens that are expanded at runtime once
the connecting user has been authenticated: %% is replaced by a literal '%',
%h is replaced by the home directory of the user being authenticated, and
%u is replaced by the username of that user.