Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: chroot() breaks syslog() ? | Date | Mon, 04 Aug 2003 22:19:16 +0200 | From | Olaf Titz <> |
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> IMHO, devfs in chroot environment, is defeating the purpose > because if you have access to raw devices, like the device > your chroot dir is on, you can easily mount that device > again, and voila you have access to the full tree, if you
You need to be root to mount the device, and as root you can also create the device special file. A chroot environment does not reliably guard against root breaking out of it.
Olaf
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