Re: Chroot bug (was: sys_chroot+sys_fchdir Fix)

[Alan Cox]

> 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 out of a chroot a million different ways

Alan
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