[vdr] restricting root of xineliboutput mediaplayer?

[Theunis Potgieter]

On 12/11/2009, Halim Sahin <halim.sahin at t-online.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Do, Nov 12, 2009 at 02:41:53 +0200, Theunis Potgieter wrote:
>  > command: chroot /my/chroot/area /usr/bin/vdr-sxfe
>  >
>  > Create the chroot with the help of the tool ldd, ldd vdr-sxfe will
>  > tell you what shared objects vdr-sxfe requires to start. This is an
>  > interim solution until xineliboutput supports the original request.
>
>
> Afaik this would run only the frontend under a chroot environment.
>  The filebrowser of the mediaplayer runs not inside the chroot.
>  So it doesn't restrict the filebrowser of the mediaplayer.
>
Good point, my bad :( I guess the plugin does the actual browsing.
>
>  > If you use pipe then you need to link that into your chroot
>  > environment. If you don't want to use vdr-sxfe in remote mode and
>  > rather use local frontend. Then I guess the whole vdr will have to
>  > placed into a chroot environment.
>
>
> Sorry if my question was not understood currectly.
>  I don't want to run sxfe/vdr etc under a chroot env.
>  My concerns are about the build-in filebrowser of xineliboutput.
>  It should be restricted to a special folder like /media.
>  This whould avoid damages to the system  :-).
>  More ideas?
>  BR.
>
> halim
>
>
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