Index: pam/modules/pam_limits/pam_limits.c
===================================================================
--- pam.orig/modules/pam_limits/pam_limits.c
+++ pam/modules/pam_limits/pam_limits.c
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
 			      specific user or to count all logins */
     int priority;	 /* the priority to run user process with */
     int nonewprivs;	/* whether to prctl(PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS) */
+    char chroot_dir[8092]; /* directory to chroot into */
     struct user_limits_struct limits[RLIM_NLIMITS];
     const char *conf_file;
     int utmp_after_pam_call;
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@
 
 #define LIMIT_PRI RLIM_NLIMITS+3
 #define LIMIT_NONEWPRIVS RLIM_NLIMITS+4
+#define LIMIT_CHROOT RLIM_NLIMITS+5
 
 #define LIMIT_SOFT  1
 #define LIMIT_HARD  2
@@ -484,6 +486,8 @@
     pl->login_limit = -2;
     pl->login_limit_def = LIMITS_DEF_NONE;
 
+    pl->chroot_dir[0] = '\0';
+    
     return retval;
 }
 
@@ -591,6 +595,8 @@
 	limit_item = LIMIT_PRI;
     } else if (strcmp(lim_item, "nonewprivs") == 0) {
 	limit_item = LIMIT_NONEWPRIVS;
+    } else if (strcmp(lim_item, "chroot") == 0) {
+        limit_item = LIMIT_CHROOT;
     } else {
         pam_syslog(pamh, LOG_DEBUG, "unknown limit item '%s'", lim_item);
         return;
@@ -640,9 +646,9 @@
 			pam_syslog(pamh, LOG_DEBUG,
 				   "wrong limit value '%s' for limit type '%s'",
 				   lim_value, lim_type);
-            return;
+			return;
 		}
-	} else {
+	} else if (limit_item != LIMIT_CHROOT) {
 #ifdef __USE_FILE_OFFSET64
 		rlimit_value = strtoull (lim_value, &endptr, 10);
 #else
@@ -717,7 +723,11 @@
 	break;
     }
 
-    if ( (limit_item != LIMIT_LOGIN)
+    if (limit_item == LIMIT_CHROOT) {
+	strncpy(pl->chroot_dir, value_orig, sizeof(pl->chroot_dir)-1);
+        pl->chroot_dir[sizeof(pl->chroot_dir)-1]='\0';
+    }
+    else if ( (limit_item != LIMIT_LOGIN)
 	 && (limit_item != LIMIT_NUMSYSLOGINS)
 	 && (limit_item != LIMIT_PRI)
 	 && (limit_item != LIMIT_NONEWPRIVS) ) {
@@ -1071,6 +1081,15 @@
 	}
     }
 
+    if (!retval && pl->chroot_dir[0]) {
+	i = chdir(pl->chroot_dir);
+	if (i == 0)
+	    i = chroot(pl->chroot_dir);
+	if (i == 0)
+	    i = chdir("/");
+	if (i != 0)
+	    retval = LIMIT_ERR;
+    }
     return retval;
 }
 
Index: pam/modules/pam_limits/limits.conf.5.xml
===================================================================
--- pam.orig/modules/pam_limits/limits.conf.5.xml
+++ pam/modules/pam_limits/limits.conf.5.xml
@@ -273,6 +273,12 @@
                   (Linux 2.6.12 and higher)</para>
               </listitem>
             </varlistentry>
+            <varlistentry>
+              <term><option>chroot</option></term>
+              <listitem>
+                <para>the directory to chroot the user to</para>
+              </listitem>
+            </varlistentry>
           </variablelist>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
Index: pam/modules/pam_limits/limits.conf.5
===================================================================
--- pam.orig/modules/pam_limits/limits.conf.5
+++ pam/modules/pam_limits/limits.conf.5
@@ -279,6 +279,11 @@
 .RS 4
 maximum realtime priority allowed for non\-privileged processes (Linux 2\&.6\&.12 and higher)
 .RE
+.PP
+\fBchroot\fR
+.RS 4
+the directory to chroot the user to
+.RE
 .RE
 .PP
 All items support the values
Index: pam/modules/pam_limits/limits.conf
===================================================================
--- pam.orig/modules/pam_limits/limits.conf
+++ pam/modules/pam_limits/limits.conf
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 #        - msgqueue - max memory used by POSIX message queues (bytes)
 #        - nice - max nice priority allowed to raise to values: [-20, 19]
 #        - rtprio - max realtime priority
+#        - chroot - change root to directory (Debian-specific)
 #
 #<domain>      <type>  <item>         <value>
 #
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@
 #@faculty        soft    nproc           20
 #@faculty        hard    nproc           50
 #ftp             hard    nproc           0
+#ftp             -       chroot          /ftp
 #@student        -       maxlogins       4
 
 # End of file