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SubjectRe: Chroot bug
Alan Cox wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:05:07 +0930
> David Newall <david@davidnewall.com> wrote:
>> Alan Cox wrote:
>>
>>>> Marek's loading dynamic libraries, it seems clear that the prime purpose
>>>> of chroot is to aid security. Being able to cd your way out is handy
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Does it - I can't find any evidence for that.
>>>
>> It seems self-evident to me. What do you think is it prime purpose?
>>
>
> Debugging and testing. At least that is as I understand it much of where
> it came from.
>

Good call. Though I suppose, since it's used 24x7 to aid security on
countless production servers, that security dwarfs testing. Still,
debugging, yes that's valid.

I don't suppose it makes and difference; whatever the purpose, a chroot
that doesn't change the root is buggy.
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