Messages in this thread | | | From | (Peter Benie) | Subject | Re: access to proc filesystem from chrooted process | Date | Fri, 21 May 1999 19:23:30 +0100 |
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Riley Williams writes ("Re: access to proc filesystem from chrooted process"): > Hi Peri. > > > There is a suggestion in the kernel sources that a chrooted > > process should only be able to see processes that have the same > > root or that have a more restricted root. > > Unless I'm misunderstanding this, it appears to be pointless since > only processes chroot'd to / or /proc could see the entries in the > proc file system anyway, as if they're chroot'd anywhere else, they > can't even access /proc ???
If you are setting up a server with a chrooted environment for users, it is useful to have /proc mounted inside the chroot so that programs like top and ps can work, so yes, users can get at /proc.
Peter
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