Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:21:27 +0100
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: David Newall <david@davidnewall.com>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk>, Phillip Susi <psusi@cfl.rr.com>,
       Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>, majkls <majkls@prepere.com>,
       bunk@fs.tum.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: sys_chroot+sys_fchdir Fix
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On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 20:04:14 +0930
David Newall <david@davidnewall.com> wrote:

> Al Viro wrote:
> > Oh, for fsck sake...  Folks, it's standard-required behaviour.  Ability
> > to chroot() implies the ability to break out of it.  Could we please
> > add that (along with reference to SuS) to l-k FAQ and be done with that
> > nonsense?
> 
> I'm pretty confident that it's only standard behavior for Linux.  Every 
> other unix says it's not allowed.

Go try them, then come back and admit your error
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