Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!matt@ucla-locus From: matt%ucla-locus@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: chroot() Message-ID: <2856@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Thu, 7-Jul-83 05:40:52 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.2856 Posted: Thu Jul 7 05:40:52 1983 Date-Received: Mon, 11-Jul-83 00:49:12 EDT Lines: 12 From: Matthew J. WeinsteinI believe that .. can be unlinked by the super user using the unlink() call. At that point, a link of .. to . would leave a closed subtree. This subtree could then be used safely... (I think). This should probably be done only in a newly created directory, since some code may make assumptions about the location of .. in the directory (first block). RSVP - Matt