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Linux Questions About BoF and Chroot
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Linux Questions About BoF and Chroot
What a chroot is and what a BoF is?
Last edited by nixcraft; 06-14-2008 at 11:45 AM. Reason: Fixed Typo and Thread title 
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06-14-2008, 11:52 AM
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chroot is system call / binary file which can change root directory for application. If used with care it can act as security feature often known as application jail. Mostly used for privilege separation and testing & development.
Few UNIX like operating system takes this concept further and creates os level virtualization. For example, Containers in Solaris or jails in FreeBSD or security contexts in Linux-VServer / Linux FreeVPS etc. BoF can have multiple meanings :
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