mod_chroot allows you to run Apache in a chroot jail with no additional files. This makes running Apache in a chroot environment easy. The chroot() system call is performed at the end of startup procedure - when all libraries are loaded and log files open. No need for a special directory hierarchy (containing /dev, /lib, /etc...), unless an external handler, such as suEXEC or suPHP, is being used, or system()-like functions are in use. This package pre-creates /var/chroot/httpd with just enough subdirs to enable the stock Slackware config to run. Provided /etc/httpd/httpd.conf contains: ChrootDir /var/chroot/httpd LoadModule chroot_module lib/httpd/modules/mod_chroot.so And the following (or similar) commands where run: mount -o nosuid,nodev --bind /var/run/httpd /var/chroot/httpd/var/run/httpd mount -o nosuid,nodev --bind /srv /var/chroot/httpd/srv mount --bind /var/www /var/chroot/httpd/var/www Above commands maybe added to rc.local.