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  • From: sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] HTTPD
  • Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 00:54:15 +0000 (UTC)

On Wed, 16 Mar 2005, David Moberg wrote:

----- Original Message -----
From: "sindi keesan" <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>

The busybox httpd is in BL3. mini_httpd is in BL2. This way I can
type httpd for both. Or mini_httpd -d directoryname in BL2 if I
want to specify the directory not to be www so I can upload a file
to my shell account from /tmp.

How about alias httpd="mini_http -d ./" for equivalent functionality
to the BusyBox httpd?

I will think about this.

I found that using Control-C when the chroot warning came up put
me back into a terminal.

I would have thought that would dump me back out of httpd.

That only happens if it is a foreground processs. If you run Xvesa &,
for example, you'll notice that pressing ^C doesn't kill X. However,
you should still see a warning message about not finding a font
directory (at least on BL3). If a foreground process is running, ^C
usually kills it. If not, it usually works somewhat like pressing
Backspace a bunch of times and then Enter.

What does backspace enter do?

What does it mean to switch to user 'nobody' and what is chroot about?
And what does daemonize itself mean?

Whereas many applications receive input from a console, or X, or Windows, or
something of that nature, daemons only receive input from a network.
Daemonize itself simply means it turns itself into such a daemon.
That means nobody can stop it? But I can type kill followed by the pid, could someone else not do that?

I think I saw something about nobody in one of the files in /etc in
BL2 or maybe BL3. Can't check right now - I tend to dial my shell
account from DOS - is there more or less chance of someone changing
things in my computer when I am using DOS to dial and go online?

Not if you're using something like Kermit. In fact, in that case, you're
not even on a network. The worst that could happen is that you
intentionally download a malicious file, and then run it.

Why then is it considered unsafe to go online with Kermit in linux as root and I am supposed to do it as user?

What is the probability of someone else breaking into my computer
even if I am doing everything wrong (running telnetd and httpd,
going online as root, using telnet not ssh, etc.) when I am dialed
into the internet with BL3 or BL2?

If you're dialed in for a minute or so, very small. If you stay connected
for a year, very high.

How about for 2 hours?

(Removed about 5k of old postings beneath here.)

David




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