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Re: breaking out of chroot jail


From: "Don Tansey" <hyghlander () mindspring com>
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 19:26:46 -0400

If you can get a process to run as root, you're in try creating devices to
access RAM through the
'mknod' command.

See also http://www.bpfh.net/simes/computing/chroot-break.html


D.

-- Beware the fury of a patient man.



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