chroot_safe, a tool to chroot any application in a sane manner without requring binaries,shared libraries etc within the chroot or any support from the application. Works with anydynamically linked application.
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Version 1.4 2005-04-09 11:22 Henrik Nordstrom * Makefile.in: Adjust the Makefile to use more standard variable names 2005-04-09 11:16 Henrik Nordstrom * Makefile.in: Support separate build directory 2004-09-13 13:02 Henrik Nordstrom * chroot_safe.1: Documentation updates to clarify the reference to su -c, make the purpose of chroot_safe more obvious etc. Version 1.3 2004-09-11 13:59 Henriik Nordstrom * Makefile.in, chroot_safe.cpp: Killed NEED_SETUID_WRAP. This is dangerous. Version 1.2 2004-09-09 14:58 Henrik Nordstrom * CHANGES.txt, Makefile.in, chroot_safe.cpp: Document the NEED_SETUID_WRAP define 2004-09-09 14:49 Philipp Koller * Makefile.in: Port to Solaris and minor cleanup. Also enabled NEED_SETUID_WRAP by default 2004-09-09 14:45 Philipp Koller * chroot_safe.cpp, chroot_safe.in: Port to Solaris by eleminating Linux/BSD specific stuff replacing them with the POSIX equivalent calls. 2004-09-09 14:42 Philipp Koller * chroot_safe.1: fixed some typos and did some cosmetics Version 1.1 2004-06-11 22:29 Henrik Nordstrom * chroot_safe.1: Minor manpage syntax correction 2004-06-11 22:16 Henrik Nordstrom * CHANGES.txt: Added a permanent copy of the changelog, to avoid CVS dependency for history information. 2004-06-11 22:13 Henrik Nordstrom * chroot_safe.cpp: Cleanup environment 2004-06-04 11:57 Henrik Nordstrom * chroot_safe.1: Be consistent on the email address to use 2004-06-04 11:54 Henrik Nordstrom * Makefile.in, chroot_safe.cpp, chroot_safe.in: Fixed silly errors 2004-06-04 11:44 Henrik Nordstrom * configure: Imported autoconf output to have full versioning 2004-06-04 11:43 Henrik Nordstrom * chroot_safe.1, chroot_safe.cpp, chroot_safe.in: License correction 2004-06-04 11:35 Henrik Nordstrom * Makefile.in, chroot_safe.1, chroot_safe.in, configure.ac, install-sh: Build environment and some documentation 2004-06-04 10:33 Henrik Nordstrom * chroot_safe.cpp, chroot_safe.in: Version 1.0 source import
Version 1.4 2005-04-09 11:22 Henrik Nordstrom * Makefile.in: Adjust the Makefile to use more standard variable names 2005-04-09 11:16 Henrik Nordstrom * Makefile.in: Support separate build directory 2004-09-13 13:02 Henrik Nordstrom * chroot_safe.1: Documentation updates to clarify the reference to su -c, make the purpose of chroot_safe more obvious etc. Version 1.3 2004-09-11 13:59 Henriik Nordstrom * Makefile.in, chroot_safe.cpp: Killed NEED_SETUID_WRAP. This is dangerous. Version 1.2 2004-09-09 14:58 Henrik Nordstrom * CHANGES.txt, Makefile.in, chroot_safe.cpp: Document the NEED_SETUID_WRAP define 2004-09-09 14:49 Philipp Koller * Makefile.in: Port to Solaris and minor cleanup. Also enabled NEED_SETUID_WRAP by default 2004-09-09 14:45 Philipp Koller * chroot_safe.cpp, chroot_safe.in: Port to Solaris by eleminating Linux/BSD specific stuff replacing them with the POSIX equivalent calls. 2004-09-09 14:42 Philipp Koller * chroot_safe.1: fixed some typos and did some cosmetics Version 1.1 2004-06-11 22:29 Henrik Nordstrom * chroot_safe.1: Minor manpage syntax correction 2004-06-11 22:16 Henrik Nordstrom * CHANGES.txt: Added a permanent copy of the changelog, to avoid CVS dependency for history information. 2004-06-11 22:13 Henrik Nordstrom * chroot_safe.cpp: Cleanup environment 2004-06-04 11:57 Henrik Nordstrom * chroot_safe.1: Be consistent on the email address to use 2004-06-04 11:54 Henrik Nordstrom * Makefile.in, chroot_safe.cpp, chroot_safe.in: Fixed silly errors 2004-06-04 11:44 Henrik Nordstrom * configure: Imported autoconf output to have full versioning 2004-06-04 11:43 Henrik Nordstrom * chroot_safe.1, chroot_safe.cpp, chroot_safe.in: License correction 2004-06-04 11:35 Henrik Nordstrom * Makefile.in, chroot_safe.1, chroot_safe.in, configure.ac, install-sh: Build environment and some documentation 2004-06-04 10:33 Henrik Nordstrom * chroot_safe.cpp, chroot_safe.in: Version 1.0 source import
chroot_safe is a tool to chroot any dynamically linked application in a safe and sane manner. It is designed to replace chroot and su nobody -c while at the same time addressing some of the major shortcomings of these tools. It was originally designed for chrooting anoncvs servers, but is equially useful numerous other applications where you need chroot for security. Version 1.4 contains updated documentation better explaining the purpose and function of this security tool. chroot_safe can be downloaded from the files area at <url:http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=110671> For more information about chroot_safe please visit the homepage at <url:http://chrootsafe.sourceforge.net/>
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