Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Wed, 26 Sep 2007 20:36:51 +0930 | | From | David Newall <> | | Subject | Re: Chroot bug |
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Alan Cox wrote: >>> The dot-dot entry in the root directory is interpreted to mean the >>> root directory itself. Thus, dot-dot cannot be used to access files >>> outside the subtree rooted at the root directory. >>> > > Which is behaviour chroot preserves properly. >
And yet it is the dot-dot entry which is used to access files outside the root.
> The specification says explicitly > > "The process working directory is unaffected by chroot()." >
Do you believe that when those words were first written, the hidden conflict, namely that it permits dot-dot to access files outside the subtree, was understood? They would have said so if that were the case. - 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/
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