Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:30:40 +0100 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: Chroot bug (was: sys_chroot+sys_fchdir Fix) |
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> 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. I think you are confusing containers and chroot. They are quite different things. A root user can get out of a chroot a million different ways
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