Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!hocda!houxm!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sri-unix!mab@AIDS-UNIX.ARPA From: mab@AIDS-UNIX.ARPA Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: restricted security via chroot Message-ID: <12502@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Wed, 15-Aug-84 21:38:30 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.12502 Posted: Wed Aug 15 21:38:30 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 19-Aug-84 01:53:11 EDT Lines: 9 From: Mike BrzustowiczChroot (as implemented on system III and, I assume system V as well) really restricts one to a sub tree because the kernel interprets '..' as '.' in the root directory (somewhere in the namei mess). YOu don't need to damage your file system. -Mike