Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754129AbXIZXfq (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:35:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752294AbXIZXfj (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:35:39 -0400 Received: from hawking.rebel.net.au ([203.20.69.83]:34454 "EHLO hawking.rebel.net.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751141AbXIZXfi (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:35:38 -0400 Message-ID: <46FAECC5.8040103@davidnewall.com> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:05:33 +0930 From: David Newall User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.2) Gecko/20070221 SeaMonkey/1.1.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Adrian Bunk CC: Christer Weinigel , Al Viro , Phillip Susi , Bill Davidsen , majkls , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: sys_chroot+sys_fchdir Fix References: <46F16A0A.3070402@tmr.com> <20070919194559.36015307@the-village.bc.nu> <46F1A196.8060108@davidnewall.com> <46F401D6.6060609@cfl.rr.com> <20070921191012.15a0b51b@the-village.bc.nu> <46F9752C.5080807@cfl.rr.com> <20070926002340.GL8181@ftp.linux.org.uk> <46FA35A6.1070400@davidnewall.com> <20070926212408.6662231a@zoo.weinigel.se> <46FACCE0.2070005@davidnewall.com> <20070926215521.GU6800@stusta.de> In-Reply-To: <20070926215521.GU6800@stusta.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 689 Lines: 14 Adrian Bunk wrote: > You are claiming "They went so far as to say that dot-dot wouldn't let > you out"? > I phrased it in a somewhat conversational way. The promise, which I've now quoted from multiple sources, is expressed variously, including: > The dot-dot entry in the root directory is interpreted to mean the root directory itself. Thus, dot-dot cannot be used to access files outside the subtree rooted at the root directory. > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/