Re: Need some suggestions abt application inside chroot

* Stefan N <stefanbsdfan <at> yahoo.com> [2012-01-01 17:06]:
> For example,apache webserver is installed in chroot environment by default.

no, it isn't.
it chroots itself.

> Are there specific guidelines to check and verify whether the
> application should or should not be installed in chroot environment? 

if you ask that question there is very likely no point in you to
"check and verify" wether a certain application should be chrooted.

chroot by itself is not a security measure to begin with.

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