On Wed, 26 Sep 2007, David Newall wrote:
> Miloslav Semler pointed out that a root process can chdir("..") out of
> its chroot. Although this is documented in the man page, it conflicts
> with the essential function, which is to change the root directory of
> the process.
The root directory,
On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 12:40:27AM +0930, David Newall wrote:
> Miloslav Semler pointed out that a root process can chdir("..") out of its
> chroot. Although this is documented in the man page, it conflicts with the
> essential function, which is to change the root directory of the process.
>
> 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 o
On Sep 26 2007 00:40, David Newall wrote:
>
> Miloslav Semler pointed out that a root process can chdir("..") out of its
> chroot. Although this is documented in the man page, it conflicts with the
> essential function, which is to change the root directory of the process. In
> addition to any c
Miloslav Semler pointed out that a root process can chdir("..") out of
its chroot. Although this is documented in the man page, it conflicts
with the essential function, which is to change the root directory of
the process. In addition to any creative uses, for example Philipp
Marek's loading
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