- (stevesk) [README.privsep] more for sshd pseudo-account.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/README.privsep b/README.privsep
index dd8069a7..ced943f2 100644
--- a/README.privsep
+++ b/README.privsep
@@ -14,14 +14,18 @@ function.
 
 When privsep is enabled, during the pre-authentication phase sshd will
 chroot(2) to "/var/empty" and change its privileges to the "sshd" user
-and its primary group.  You should do something like the following to
-prepare the privsep preauth environment:
+and its primary group.  sshd is a pseudo-account that should not be
+used by other daemons, and must be locked and should contain a
+"nologin" or invalid shell.
+
+You should do something like the following to prepare the privsep
+preauth environment:
 
 	# mkdir /var/empty
 	# chown root:sys /var/empty
 	# chmod 755 /var/empty
 	# groupadd sshd
-	# useradd -g sshd -c 'sshd privsep' -d /var/empty sshd
+	# useradd -g sshd -c 'sshd privsep' -d /var/empty -s /bin/false sshd
 
 /var/empty should not contain any files.
 
@@ -54,4 +58,4 @@ process 1005 is the sshd process listening for new connections.
 process 6917 is the privileged monitor process, 6919 is the user owned
 sshd process and 6921 is the shell process.
 
-$Id: README.privsep,v 1.9 2002/06/26 00:25:48 tim Exp $
+$Id: README.privsep,v 1.10 2002/06/26 00:43:57 stevesk Exp $