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SubjectRe: chroot bug, & Re: Ideas for v2.1
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ecki@tapac.inka.de (Bernd Eckenfels) wrote:

> This is the normal behaviour, since chroot(2) doesnt change the CWD, and
> chroot(8) doesnt do it eighter. Well, I guess it should be mentioned in the
> man-page.

I guess it should be fixed in chroot(8), as other systems *do* in fact
chdir to the new root. For example, in Solaris (excerpt from man page):

processes. Upon execution, the initial working directory is
newroot.


Paul Slootman
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