CHROOT
\kɹˈuːt], \kɹˈuːt], \k_ɹ_ˈuː_t]\
Sort: Oldest first
-
The UNIX command to make the rootdirectory (/) become something other than its default for thelifetime of the current process. It can only be run byprivileged users and is used to give a process (commonly anetwork server such as FTP or HTTP) access to a restrictedportion of the file system.The new root contains copies of all the essential files anddirectories, e.g. /lib, /dev/tty, /tmp.
By Denis Howe
Word of the day
Photofrin II
- purified component HEMATOPORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE, consists a mixture oligomeric porphyrins. used therapy (PHOTORADIATION); treat malignant lesions with visible light and experimentally as an antiviral agent. It is the first drug to be approved in use of photodynamic therapy United States.