Re: sys_chroot+sys_fchdir Fix

From: David Newall
Date: Wed Sep 26 2007 - 06:34:29 EST


Al Viro wrote:
Oh, for fsck sake... Folks, it's standard-required behaviour. Ability
to chroot() implies the ability to break out of it. Could we please
add that (along with reference to SuS) to l-k FAQ and be done with that
nonsense?

I'm pretty confident that it's only standard behavior for Linux. Every other unix says it's not allowed.
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