Re: chroot() break

[matthew patton <mep@netsec.net>]

On Wed, 23 May 2001, Bill Larson wrote:

> It may not be direclty applicable to OpenBSD, but it is a general
> reference/analysis for chroot operations at
> <http://www.bpfh.net/simes/computing/chroot-break.html>.  Take a look
> and determine your level of concern.

and what's stopping OpenBSD from doing the same thing that FreeBSD does
(ie fail if open file descripter)? Seems straightforward to me.

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