On 1/5/2021 10:02 AM, Bill Stewart wrote: > On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 6:34 AM Eliot Moss wrote: > >> Is there a Windows equivalent to chroot (either the program or the library/system call)? > > See: https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/highlights.html > > Quoting: > > "Chroot is supported. Kind of. Chroot is not a concept known by > Windows. This implies some serious restrictions. First of all, the > chroot call isn't a privileged call. Any user may call it. Second, the > chroot environment isn't safe against native windows processes. Given > that, chroot in Cygwin is only a hack which pretends security where > there is none. For that reason the usage of chroot is discouraged. > Don't use it unless you really, really know what you're doing." > > What I have found is that the cygwin chroot is not a security boundary
Right. My impression was that the OP was more interested in having the functionality of where / is, though I could be wrong, of course. I also saw web posts about Windows' RUNAS command, which deals with some of the security implications, but does not re-root your file hierarchy. Best - Eliot -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
