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Clarification for chroot doc.

brickviking 2026-04-10 04:09 trunk
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If you run Fossil as root in any mode that [serves data on the
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network][srv], and you're running it on Unix or a compatible OS, Fossil
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will drop itself into a [`chroot(2)` jail][cj] shortly after starting
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up. The usual reason for launching Fossil
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-as root to allow it to bind to TCP port 80 for HTTP
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+as root is to allow it to bind to TCP port 80 for HTTP
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service, since normal users are restricted to ports 1024 and higher.
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Fossil uses the owner of the Fossil repository file as its new user
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ID when it drops root privileges.
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3 If you run Fossil as root in any mode that [serves data on the
4 network][srv], and you're running it on Unix or a compatible OS, Fossil
5 will drop itself into a [`chroot(2)` jail][cj] shortly after starting
6 up. The usual reason for launching Fossil
7 as root to allow it to bind to TCP port 80 for HTTP
8 service, since normal users are restricted to ports 1024 and higher.
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10 Fossil uses the owner of the Fossil repository file as its new user
11 ID when it drops root privileges.
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--- www/chroot.md
+++ www/chroot.md
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
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3 If you run Fossil as root in any mode that [serves data on the
4 network][srv], and you're running it on Unix or a compatible OS, Fossil
5 will drop itself into a [`chroot(2)` jail][cj] shortly after starting
6 up. The usual reason for launching Fossil
7 as root is to allow it to bind to TCP port 80 for HTTP
8 service, since normal users are restricted to ports 1024 and higher.
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10 Fossil uses the owner of the Fossil repository file as its new user
11 ID when it drops root privileges.
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