James wrote: > On Mon, 01 Jul 2002 00:10:46 -0600 > FemmeFatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said with temporary authority >sounds like a cool ftp file program. stupid question: why is chroot >>a good thing? >> >>Jail? Scuse me i'm slow today :) > > Femme,
<saves some bandwith for the metred> > These are but a few reasons why programs get chrooted. Chroot is also > useful if you have rebooted without running lilo first. It allows you > to boot from a rescue disk, mount the HDD and run lilo as if your root > was the mount point instead of the real / > > James > Thx James, your concise & clear explanation did very well. I'd read about chroot before but it didn't strike me as all that important a command or one to come back to later. Don't remember which now. I shall have to investigate this now further being paranoid sort that I am. ;) Besides, my porn's valuable to me! -- Femme Good Decisions You boss Made: "We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts." - Source: Dilbert
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