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Date:	Fri, 16 Jan 2026 10:57:46 +0100
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Subject:	Re: Implement real Windows chroot with CreatePrivateNamespaceA()!
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On Jan 16 01:24, Dan Shelton via Cygwin wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Aug 2025 at 17:59, Dan Shelton <dan DOT f DOT shelton AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello!
> >
> > Could Cygwin chroot() be implemented with CreatePrivateNamespaceA()?
> 
> Old question, but still valid: can this be a basis for chroot()?

No.  CreatePrivateNamespace only allows to create private objects in the
internal NT namespace, it doesn't allow to create a private namespace on
disk.


Corinna

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