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From: phil@rivendell.apana.org.au (Phil Homewood)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs,comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: chroot() in FreeBSD 1.1.5.1
Date: 15 Nov 1994 00:07:35 +1000
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alex wetmore (alex@pc.cc.cmu.edu) wrote:
: > Big question: why can't normal users call chroot???
: This call is restricted to the super-user.
: 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.
Security reasons. Imagine having write access to your own little /etc
directory............
Phil.
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Phil Homewood phil@rivendell.apana.org.au
APANA Brisbane Regional Co-Ordinator brisbane@apana.org.au
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