Re: [PATCH] chroot= as a new kernel parameter

[Guillaume Chazarain]

On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 8:09 PM, Pawel Plociennik <paplociennik@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  In the short this patch has added a new chroot= kernel parameter which can be used
>  to changing a chroot of an init process before it will has been runed.

Wouldn't booting with 'init=/usr/sbin/chroot /path /sbin/init' achieve
the same effect?
Haven't tested it, just wondering.

>  +       if(chroot_str) {
>  +               if(sys_chroot(chroot_str) < 0)
>  +                       printk("chroot=%s failed\n", chroot_str);
>  +               else
>  +                       printk("chroot=%s successed\n",chroot_str);
>  +       }

Continuing booting normally when the chroot failed sounds like a
security issue to me.

Regards.

-- 
Guillaume
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