GoLang chroot

is this article helpful? yes | no

GoLang replacement for PHP's chroot [Golang Play | edit | history]

import (
    "os"
    "syscall"
)

// chroot changes the root directory of the current process to a new directory
func chroot(root string) error {
    // Change the root directory using syscall.Chroot
    err := syscall.Chroot(root)
    if err != nil {
        return err
    }

    // Change the working directory to "/"
    err = os.Chdir("/")
    if err != nil {
        return err
    }

    // Return nil if successful
    return nil
}

PHP chroot

PHP original manual for chroot [ show | php.net ]

chroot

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.5, PHP 5, PHP 7)

chroot — Change the root directory

Description

bool chroot ( string $directory )

Changes the root directory of the current process to directory, and changes the current working directory to "/".

This function is only available to GNU and BSD systems, and only when using the CLI, CGI or Embed SAPI. Also, this function requires root privileges.

Parameters

directory: The path to change the root directory to.

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Examples

Example #1 chroot() example


<?php
chroot("/path/to/your/chroot/");
echo getcwd();
?>

The above example will output:

Notes

Note: This function is not implemented on Windows platforms.

PHP » GoLang