Providing /bin and /lib inside a chroot jail

Question

I need to be able to provide the /bin and /lib directories inside a chroot jail so that programs can dynamically link properly.

Is there a way to accomplish this without making a copy of the /bin and /lib dirs to the chroot jail?

I've tried symlinks, and they don't work from inside chroot jails, and directories can not be hardlinked.

Answer 1

You could use mount to remount the directories you need in your jail:

# mount --bind /bin /chroot/bin
# mount --bind /lib /chroot/lib
# chroot /chroot

For use in /etc/fstab:

/bin /chroot/bin none bind
/lib /chroot/lib none bind

Cheers!

Answer 2

If you didn't want to mount the directories as jgr said, you can use cp to recursivly copy directories and create hardlinks for all files:

cp -alf /bin /chroot/bin
cp -alf /lib /chroot/lib
chroot /chroot

This way your chroot's /bin and /lib can have slightly different structure / contents than the main directories.

Answer 3

#!/bin/bash

copy_file_and_dependencies() {
    PROGRAM="$1"
    DEPENDENCIES="$(ldd "$PROGRAM" | awk '{ print $3 }' | grep -v '(' | grep -v 'not a dynamic executable')"

    mkdir -p "${JAIL}$(dirname $PROGRAM)"
    cp -Lv "$PROGRAM" "${JAIL}${PROGRAM}"

    for f in $DEPENDENCIES; do
        mkdir -p "${JAIL}$(dirname $f)"
        cp -Lv "$f" "${JAIL}${f}"
    done
}

export -f copy_file_and_dependencies

copy_file_and_dependencies /etc/ld.so.cache
copy_file_and_dependencies /bin/sh
# ...