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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.bugs:2594 comp.os.386bsd.questions:14414 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs,comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!hpg30a.csc.cuhk.hk!news.hk.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news.moneng.mei.com!hookup!olivea!news.hal.COM!decwrl!twwells!bill From: bill@twwells.com (T. William Wells) Subject: Re: chroot() in FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 Organization: None, Mt. Laurel, NJ Message-ID: <Cz48o2.4KB@twwells.com> References: <39vvl6$90m@clavin.uprc.com> <3a06kq$9bs@dagny.galt.com> Date: Fri, 11 Nov 1994 18:28:49 GMT Lines: 7 : I'm not sure why its implemented this way. I thought I would find an : answer in Leffler, et al, but I just checked and it didn't say. The source : code for the system call doesn't say either. Sigh. What do you think happens when you make a shiny new directory hierarchy with an edited copy of /etc/passwd, chroot to it, and then run su?