chroot() and dlopen()

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Date: 04/29/04

  • Next message: Måns Rullgård: "Re: chroot() and dlopen()" 
    Date: 29 Apr 2004 09:25:51 GMT

    Should dlopen() be able to work when chroot() into another directory,
    even if the library being loaded only has references to symbols that
    are already loaded in the process. I'm wondering if the references
    to specific libraries within the library being loaded are made using
    the given filesystem paths, which will no longer be valid under the
    chroot directory.

    The executable will be dynamically linked with libc and other libraries
    that will be needed when it starts. Then calls chroot(), then later
    calls dlopen(). The library being dlopen'd is in the chroot directory,
    and is being referenced in a way it can be found. 

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