James B. Byrne wrote: > We have a requirement to allow ssh access to a server in order to > provide a secure link to one of our legacy systems. I would like to > chroot these accounts. > > I have this working except for one small detail, the user's prompt in > the ssh session. Each user has their shell set to /bin/bash in > /etc/passwd. However, instead of getting the prompt defined in their > .bash_profiles we see this: > > -bash-4.1$ > > when we are expecting this: > > [username at hostname dir]$ > > So, before I go messing around moving files I would some information > from you as tio what I have overlooked. Do I need to move something > like etc/passwd and /etc/group into the chroot/etc? When ssh'ing into the chrooted directories, where's their /home/<user>? I'd set the prompt in ~/.bash_profile. mark