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What does the Chromium option `--no-sandbox` mean?

I'm running Chromium like so : chromium --no-sandbox I'm doing this because I'm running Debian Squeeze on an OpenVZ VM Container and it's the only way I can get it to work. Though I keep reading ...
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How to run programs in a Sandbox?

I have been using PlayOnLinux to run windows programs on Linux. PlayOnLinux creates a virtual drive for each program installed and every VD represents a different Windows XP computer. Any changes ...
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RLIMIT_NPROC suddenly overwhelmed

In a small script I have, I'm starting a shell and then setting RLIMIT_NPROC on it to some small number, like 5, using prlimit Then, I try to execute a shell script that only contains: #!/bin/bash ...
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How do I set up the SELinux sandbox in Debian?

I've installed SELinux in Debian sid in order to use the sandbox that locks down apps to a restricted enviroment, but I can't get it to work. If I try to use the sandbox command in permissive mode ...
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Linux executable sandboxing?

I'm running a service that allows users to submit code which is compiled and executed on the server. At the moment I'm using Moe and while it works fine for C and C++ code, I've been having some ...
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start process so that it can't spawn new ones

Is it possible to start new process so that it couldn't spawn new ones (untrusted code)? Also how do I start a process so it couldn't make any input/output to files and in general any devices?
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How to create a snapshot in btrfs, and then rollback to it after some work?

What are the commands to use in btrfs in case I want to: create a (read-only) snapshot of a volume; (do some experiments in the volume); and then rollback the volume to the snapshot?
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Can LVM snapshots be writable? (and used for temporary experiments)

It seems that usually it is talked about snapshots as read-only. (In a scenario where one creates a snapshot, then does some experiments with the main volume, and then restores the old state by ...
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How to create a read-only snapshot in LVM, and then rollback to it after some work?

What are the commands to use in LVM in case I want to: create a read-only snapshot of a volume; (do some experiments in the volume); and then rollback the volume to the snapshot?