Jailed shell users can't access global configuration files on /etc

[RonanRBR]

I had create a /etc/nanorc configuration file on /etc.
My normal shell users can load normally this file and yours configurations, but jailed shell users can not.

So, how can I grant access to files like this for jailed shell user?

 

[cPRex]

Hey there! I believe the instructions that Justin provided in your other recent post at In Progress - CPANEL-35592 - Jailed shell users can't access manual pages. would also apply here, as that would need to be included in the Jailshell configuration settings.

 

[RonanRBR]

Hey there! I believe the instructions that Justin provided in your other recent post at In Progress - CPANEL-35592 - Jailed shell users can't access manual pages. would also apply here, as that would need to be included in the Jailshell configuration settings.

Yes, but another user can have some useful "work around" to bypass this problem.

 

[cPRex]

Currently I don't have a better option to get that working except change their access to a normal shell.

 

[RonanRBR]

Currently I don't have a better option to get that working except change their access to a normal shell.

thank you anyway

 

[sparek-3]

You can also add

/etc/man_db.conf

to the contents of the file at:

/var/cpanel/jailshell-additional-files

and then man pages should work in jailshell.

i.e.:

echo "/etc/man_db.conf" >>/var/cpanel/jailshell-additional-files

You'll have to log out and log back in

The /var/cpanel/jailshell-additional-files may not exist and may need to be created.

I'm not sure how wise it is to do this - but... at least it used to be a documented function of cPanel.

 

[cPRex]

That file does get mentioned in the How to Create Custom Jailed Shell Mounts | cPanel & WHM Documentation page :D

 

[RonanRBR]

You can also add

/etc/man_db.conf

to the contents of the file at:

/var/cpanel/jailshell-additional-files

and then man pages should work in jailshell.

i.e.:

echo "/etc/man_db.conf" >>/var/cpanel/jailshell-additional-files

You'll have to log out and log back in

The /var/cpanel/jailshell-additional-files may not exist and may need to be created.

I'm not sure how wise it is to do this - but... at least it used to be a documented function of cPanel.

thank you

 

[laibakhan]

By the way thanks for this valuable post.