#DESCRIPTION

This is a patch for nginx to allow running it chroot(8)'d. After applying this patch and running nginx, it will chroot by default. To disable this feature, nginx has to be executed with the -u option.

#INSTALLATION

# download the source code of nginx
wget http://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.9.3.tar.gz
tar -zxvf nginx-1.9.3
cd nginx-1.9.3

# patch the nginx source tree.
patch -p1 < /path/to/nginx-1.9-chroot.patch

# configure and compile nginx
./configure && make

#COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2014 Robert Nagy <robert@openbsd.org>

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.