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From: rehmi@umcp-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: Security
Message-ID: <866@umcp-cs.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 16-Jul-83 02:41:44 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jul 16 02:41:44 1983
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As far as 4.x bsd and chroot(), there is no danger. namei() checks
whether you are in your root dir and throws away ".."s if you are.

					-Rehmi
-- 
	By the fork, spoon, and exec of The Great Basfour.

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