lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2002]   [Oct]   [21]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [more markup]  [less markup]  [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
SubjectRe: can chroot be made safe for non-root?
FromAlan Cox <>
Date21 Oct 2002 16:22:12 +0100
On Wed, 2002-10-16 at 07:44, Philippe Troin wrote:
> > Is there a reason besides standards compliance that chroot() does not
> > already change directory to the chroot'd directory for root processes?
> > Would it actually break existing apps if it did change the directory?
> 
> Probably not. Make that: change the directory to chroot'd directory if
> the current working directory is outside the chroot. That is, leave
> the cwd alone if it is already inside the chroot.

Last time it was tried real apps broke.

chroot is not jail chroot is not a sandbox. Do the job right (eg the
vroot work) and it'll get a lot further

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2005-03-22 12:30    [W:0.415 / U:0.370 seconds]
©2003-2008 Jasper Spaans