Re: Security patch for /proc

Michiel Boland (boland@diva.nl)
Thu, 2 Apr 1998 15:53:45 +0200 (MEST)


On Thu, 2 Apr 1998, Paul Wouters wrote:

> Isn't it possible to prohibit chroot() if the current process is already
> chroot()ed?

There's not really much point IMHO. The whole point of chroot()
is increasing security: the last thing you want to do when you
have performed a chroot() is to hang around as superuser.

This isn't really kernel-related btw - could this subject be
dropped please?

Michiel

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