`chroot` command introduced
The `chroot` system call was added to Unix Version 7, allowing a process and its children to see a different root directory, creating a rudimentary isolated environment.
Significance
Laid the conceptual groundwork for process isolation and sandboxing, a distant ancestor to modern containers.
Key facts
- Date
- 1979-01-01
- Type
- invention
- Location
- Bell Labs, USA