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authorPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2014-05-13 15:56:34 +0100
committerPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2014-05-16 22:01:31 +0100
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chroot: don't chdir() if not changing root
This allows chroot to be used as a light weight tool to change user identification for a command, while not changing the current working directory. It also makes `chroot / true` consistently succeed on all platforms for non root users. * src/chroot.c (main): If the same root is specified. i.e. '/' then don't change the current working directory, and avoid the overhead of the other redundant calls. * tests/misc/chroot-fail.sh: Remove failure guard previously needed on some systems. Also add an explicit case to ensure we don't change directory. * NEWS: Mention the change in behavior.
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