To further improve security, the CGI scripts must be prevented from accessing data above and outside of the document-root directory.
Set up the chroot environment. The exact steps required to set up the chroot environment vary by operating system. For instructions, refer your operating system’s documentation. The man pages for ftpd and chroot are often a good place to start.
Steps required for Solaris versions 2.8 through 10 are described in the following procedure:
Login as a superuser.
Change to the chroot directory.
chroot is typically the document-root directory of the virtual server.
cd chroot
Create tmp in the chroot directory and set appropriate permissions.
mkdir tmp
chmod 1777 tmp
Create dev in the chroot directory and set appropriate permissions.
mkdir dev
chmod 755 dev
List /dev/tcp, and note the major and minor numbers of the resulting output.
ls -lL /dev/tcp
crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 11, 42 Apr 9 1998 /dev/tcp
In this example, the major number is 11 and the minor number is 42.
Create the tcp device using the major and minor numbers.
mknod dev/tcp c 11 42
chmod 666 dev/tcp
Repeat steps 4, 5 and 6 for each of the following devices.
Each device will have a different major and minor number combination.
/dev/udp /dev/ip /dev/kmem /dev/kstat /dev/ksyms /dev/mem /dev/null /dev/stderr /dev/stdin /dev/stdout /dev/ticotsord /dev/zero
Set permissions on the devices in dev in the chroot directory:
chmod 666 dev/*
Create and populate lib and usr/lib in the chroot directory:
Create and populate bin and usr/bin in the chroot directory:
Create and populate etc in the chroot directory.
mkdir etc
ln /etc/passwd /etc/group /etc/netconfig etc
Test the chroot environment.
chroot chroot bin/ls -l
The output should look something like this:
total 14 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root other 8 Jan 13 03:32 bin -\> /usr/bin drwxr-xr-x 2 user group 512 Jan 13 03:42 cgi-bin drwxr-xr-x 2 root other 512 Jan 13 03:28 dev drwxr-xr-x 2 user group 512 Jan 13 03:26 docs drwxr-xr-x 2 root other 512 Jan 13 03:33 etc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root other 8 Jan 13 03:30 lib -\> /usr/lib drwxr-xr-x 4 root other 512 Jan 13 03:32 usr |
Set the virtual server’s chroot directory in one of the following ways:
Modify the obj.conf file.
Use the chroot parameter of the send-cgi Service SAF in the obj.conf file. For detailed instructions, see the Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 1 Administrator’s Configuration File Reference.
Use the Admin Console.
Select Common Tasks tab > CGI Directories from the Virtual Server Tasks list.
The CGI Settings window is displayed.
Enter the Chroot directory.
For detailed instructions, see the Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 1 Administrator’s Guide.
Use the set-cgi-prop command.
Example: ./wadm set-cgi-prop --user=admin --password-file=admin.pwd --host=serverhost --port=8989 --config=config1 chroot=vs_dir
For information on the set-cgi-prop command, see the Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 1 Administrator’s Configuration File Reference.