Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:48:06 +0100 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: Chroot bug |
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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.
> > A root user can get out of a chroot a million different ways > One of those ways shouldn't be that chroot lets you out.
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