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This pam_chroot module provides session support only.  It is based
almost entirely on Matthew Kirkwood's original version obtained from
ftp://ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk/users/weejock/pam_chroot/.

Operation:
When the calling application attempts to open a session, pam_chroot
opens /etc/security/chroot.conf and searches for a line of the form:
user directory
where the "user" listed is actually a regular expression.  If the
PAM_USER for whom the session is being opened matches the regular
expression, the module will attempt to chroot() to the given directory.

Optional arguments:
"debug"		Log debug messages to syslog.
"onerr="	Values can be "succeed" or "fail".  The action to take if
		the configuration file can not be opened, the chroot()
		fails, or the user does not match any of the expressions
		listed in the configuration file.  Default is "succeed".

Other Notes:
The calling application must be executing with root privileges in order to
be able to chroot() at all.  If the application needs to exec() other programs
(such as a server process or spawning a shell), you will need to duplicate
some portions of an actual root environment under the chroot()ed directory
in order for it to work at all.  (This includes configuration and logging
files.)  If configured incorrectly, this module may potentially render the
service unusable and, under some circumstances, pose a security risk.

In particular, the new root directory and all of its parent directories must
not be writable by anyone but root.

MR SKB