It's a term to describe what the purpose of chroot is. chroot attempts to severly limit/restrict access to a machine, hence the term 'jail'.
donald On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 09:28:57AM -0500, Jim.Hyslop wrote: > Geoff Beier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Sorry if this is a silly question, but have you put a shell > > in your jail? > OK, here's an even sillier question - what is a "chroot jail"? > > -- > Jim Hyslop > Senior Software Designer > Leitch Technology International Inc. (http://www.leitch.com) > Columnist, C/C++ Users Journal (http://www.cuj.com/experts) > > > _______________________________________________ > Info-cvs mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
