On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 03:02:26PM -0800, Greywolf wrote:
> [DY: Put another way, under what conditions is it safe for a non-root user
> [DY: to chroot(2)?
> 
> This falls into the same category of "Under what conditions is it safe to
> point a loaded gun at oneself?", really.

  No. Under what conditions is it a squirt gun? =)

> You would need to disallow set-id execution (and, arguably, device
> access.)  The effects of this are left as an exercise for the
> practitioner.

  Device access? Explain, please?

Dave

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