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Date:      Fri, 07 Aug 1998 11:12:33 -0600
From:      Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
To:        Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: getpwuid - after chroot? 
Message-ID:  <199808071712.LAA26399@harmony.village.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 07 Aug 1998 08:59:03 BST." <35CAB3C7.4A6B776D@tdx.co.uk> 
References:  <35CAB3C7.4A6B776D@tdx.co.uk>  

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In message <35CAB3C7.4A6B776D@tdx.co.uk> Karl Pielorz writes:
: I think the reason it _doesn't_ work is because once you've chroot'd
: the system xcan't get back to the '/etc/pwd.db' file etc.? - Is
: there any way round this?

Copy or hard link.

You really don't want people accessing *ANYTHING* outside of the
chroot "jail".  Too bad there are many techniques for a jailbreak
right now. :-(

Warner

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