ChrootDirectory security

[LDB]

Alexander Prinsier wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I've tried many places, finally ending up here to ask my question: why
> is it so vital that the directory used with the ChrootDirectory
> directive is root-owned?
> 
> Like many people I'm trying to use this in a webhosting environment
> where several users get sftp-only access to some directory, usually
> something like /home/user/web/part-of-website.
> 
> I can be sure that there are no setuid binaries in /home, so that rules
> out some possible vulnerabilities. Could anyone tell me what other
> problems a non-root-owned chroot directory could create?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> (Please CC me).
> 
> Alexander
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I would say this pretty much answers your questions ...

http://unixwiz.net/techtips/chroot-practices.html