[Apparmor-general] apparmor vs chroot

jesse michael jmichael at suse.de
Tue Mar 6 23:51:11 MST 2007


On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 10:13:50PM -0800, Crispin Cowan wrote:
> Replacing chroot with AppArmor profiles has the advantages of:

  * doesn't use completely separate set of files

> Chroot has the advantage of:

  * uses completely separate set of files

Depending on your point of view, that chroot jails can use a separate 
set of files for things that run inside the jail can be either a plus 
or a negative.  

It all depends on if and how you want share things between the code 
that runs in a restricted environment and the rest of the system.



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