Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 21:08:43 +0100 From: Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.org> To: Ryan <ryanpek@swbell.net> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.3 local root PREVENTIONS Message-ID: <20010712210842.A26439@strontium.shef.vinosystems.com> In-Reply-To: <000801c10b0c$0d830d10$45d8db40@mhx800> References: <20010712162140.N17358-100000@cactus.fi.uba.ar> <000801c10b0c$0d830d10$45d8db40@mhx800>
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Ryan wrote: > Try this > running it in a chroot SYNOPSIS #include <unistd.h> int chroot(const char *dirname) DESCRIPTION ... This call is restricted to the super-user. A rather pointless exercise, wouldn't you say? Of course, if there's a problem with chroot() which allows non-root users to chroot somewhere, that's another matter entirely. -- Ben Smithurst / ben@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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