Tom F said:
> Hi,
>
> I'm working on running postgresql in a chrooted filesystem.
>
> /src/backend/commands/dbcommands.c makes use of system(3): as far as I
> can see, this is only used to execute rm(1) and cp(1). I'd like to
> avoid placing /bin/sh in the root of the filesystem (which system()
> r
> The only argument against it, that I'm aware of, is that
> system() is ANSI, while execve() is POSIX: i.e.
> portability... does windows have execve()? That could be done
> the way the current preprocessor conditionals yield rmdir
> instead of rm.
Windows does have execve(), though it's name
Hi,
I'm working on running postgresql in a chrooted filesystem.
/src/backend/commands/dbcommands.c makes use of system(3): as far as I
can see, this is only used to execute rm(1) and cp(1). I'd like to avoid
placing /bin/sh in the root of the filesystem (which system() requires).
I see four opti
