Unix `chroot` system call introduced
The `chroot` system call, allowing a process to change its root directory, was added to Unix Version 7. This provided a basic form of process isolation.
Significance
Established the fundamental concept of process isolation within a distinct directory tree, laying conceptual groundwork for later container technologies.
Key facts
- Date
- 1979-01-01
- Type
- invention
- Location
- Bell Labs, USA