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Date:      Fri, 07 Aug 1998 10:40:46 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com>
To:        Alfred Perlstein <bright@hotjobs.com>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: getpwuid - after chroot?
Message-ID:  <XFMail.980807104046.vev@michvhf.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980807101953.28112F-100000@bright.ny.otec.com>

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On 07-Aug-98 Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> 
> pipe, fork, chroot. client/server might be a hack but it'll work.
 
The source calls setpassent(1) which opens, doesn't close and holds
the fd for the database before chroot.  

Vince.
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