prelink should not mess with running executables

Sam Varshavchik mrsam at courier-mta.com
Mon Jul 16 02:02:55 UTC 2012


Chris Adams writes:

> Once upon a time, Sam Varshavchik <mrsam at courier-mta.com> said:
> > Can you explain how two completely different executables could possibly end
> > up having the same absolute pathname?
>
> chroot for one.

That would require root's environment, in order to set one up. A non- 
privileged process cannot set up a chroot jail. If your root is compromised,  
you have other issues to worry about.

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