Name
chroot — change root directory
Synopsis
#include <unistd.h>
int
chroot( |
const char *path); |
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DESCRIPTION
chroot() changes the root
directory of the calling process to that specified in
path. This directory
will be used for pathnames beginning with /. The root directory is inherited by all
children of the calling process.
Only a privileged process (Linux: one with the
CAP_SYS_CHROOT capability) may
call chroot().
This call changes an ingredient in the pathname resolution process and does nothing else.
This call does not change the current working directory,
so that after the call '.' can
be outside the tree rooted at '/'. In particular, the superuser can escape
from a "chroot jail" by doing:
mkdir foo; chroot foo; cd ..
This call does not close open file descriptors, and such file descriptors may allow access to files outside the chroot tree.
RETURN VALUE
On success, zero is returned. On error, −1 is
returned, and errno is set
appropriately.
ERRORS
Depending on the filesystem, other errors can be returned. The more general errors are listed below:
- EACCES
-
Search permission is denied on a component of the path prefix. (See also path_resolution(7).)
- EFAULT
-
pathpoints outside your accessible address space. - EIO
-
An I/O error occurred.
- ELOOP
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Too many symbolic links were encountered in resolving
path. - ENAMETOOLONG
-
pathis too long. - ENOENT
-
The file does not exist.
- ENOMEM
-
Insufficient kernel memory was available.
- ENOTDIR
-
A component of
pathis not a directory. - EPERM
-
The caller has insufficient privilege.
NOTES
A child process created via fork(2) inherits its parent's root directory. The root directory is left unchanged by execve(2).
FreeBSD has a stronger jail() system call.
COLOPHON
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bugs, can be found at
http://www.kernel.org/doc/man−pages/.
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