[luau] restricting directory access

[cpaul at telemetrybox.org]

On Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 10:15:30AM -1000, Jimen Ching wrote:
> 
> True, but _your_ server is safe.  ;-)  Seriously, if you are so uptight
> that you are not willing to let a user cd out of their home directory, and
> yet you allow them to upload anything they want?  This completely defeats
> the purpose of the cd limitation.

A user that only has access to a chroot jail will not be able to gather potentially sensitive information about the system, or other users.  This is a good stopgap measure until better access control systems are introduced on Freenix.