From: garbanzo@hooked.net (Alex) Subject: Re: Simple chroot using chdrive 29 Nov 1997 02:13:06 -0800 Message-ID: References: <009BDFEC.819A4A40.29138@ifk20.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII To: dahms@ifk20.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de Cc: gnu-win32@cygnus.com On Sat, 29 Nov 1997 dahms@ifk20.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de wrote: > Hi Alex, you wrote: > > : While it may be a security issue, or flawed in many respects, this is how > : Unix works. If the goal of cygwin.dll is to emulate Unixish functions, > : chdrive isn't what is being looked for. Chroot() incidentally can only > : be used by the super-user. > > I agree with you! I meant to say it would be a security issue if > half-heartedly implemented under gnuwin32. And I forgot it needs > 'appropriate privileges', which brings me to the question of how to > implement suid programs under gnuwin32 savely... Any ideas? Not on Win95, but I think that it is already done, or shouldn't be too hard to do on NT. However using gnuwin32 for multi-user programs is highly not recommended. - alex - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".