Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:20:54 +0930 | From | David Newall <> | Subject | Re: Chroot bug |
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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. - 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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