On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 01:13:49AM +0000, Douglas Maus wrote: > I'd like to be able to remotely observe my server's hardware health. >
<snip> > I saw the FAQ about chroot (www.openbsd.org/faq/faq10.html#httpdchroot) > so I see the basics of what is required to move things into a chroot. > > So I was hoping to get opinion on: > > 1. Is there an easier way to remotely observe such hardware status? > > 2a. Is NOT chroot such a bad security hole vs. > 2b. would converting sysctl to a apache chroot setup be even feasible? > (I'm guessing not even possible considering it accesses the kernel) > > 3. To run raidctl, I have to sudo, > since /dev/raid0a* permissions are crw-r----- > Is there a better way to view the RAID status over the web, vs. > what are the security risks of changing the permission of /dev/raid0* There are probably a lot of ways to accomplish this. The first that comes to mind is to schedule a cron job to put the information into the chroot. It wouldn't be real-time, but it could be close. -- Darrin Chandler | Phoenix BSD Users Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://bsd.phoenix.az.us/ http://www.stilyagin.com/ |
