From:	garbanzo AT hooked DOT net (Alex)
Subject:	Re: Simple chroot using chdrive
29 Nov 1997 02:13:06 -0800 :
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To:	dahms AT ifk20 DOT mach DOT uni-karlsruhe DOT de
Cc:	gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

On Sat, 29 Nov 1997 dahms AT ifk20 DOT mach DOT uni-karlsruhe DOT 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

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