chroot utility introduced
The `chroot` system call was added to Unix V7, allowing a process and its children to see a different root directory, providing basic file system isolation.
Significance
Represented one of the earliest forms of process isolation, a foundational concept for later container technologies, though it lacked resource isolation and true security boundaries.
Key facts
- Date
- 1979-01-01
- Type
- invention
- Location
- Bell Labs, USA (Unix)