John M Andersen wrote:
Holly cow Ted, do we have to cover a whole semester course in one email?
Jails (called chroot jails in linux) are usually for processes services and such, not for users. The FTP server might put every session in a chroot jail so that they can't get at anything else in the machine. Mail servers typically run in a jail. Users don't run in jails usually. Mostly just services.
Of course, mere mortals can't affect anything outside of areas where they have write permissions. Root, on the other hand, has free reign over the entire system and can cause a lot of damage. That's why we run as root only when necessary. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org