Questions tagged [chroot]
A chroot on Unix operating systems is an operation that changes the apparent root directory for the current running process and its children. A program that is run in such a modified environment cannot name (and therefore normally not access) files outside the designated directory tree.
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Mirror download fails with error: Failed getting release file while running debootstrap with sudo
I run the command
$ sudo debootstrap --variant=buildd --arch i386 lucid /var/chroot/ https://mirror.internet.asn.au/pub/ubuntu/archive/
and the error is:
I: Retrieving InRelease
I: Retrieving ...
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Archlinux Chroot Won't run error input/output error
I'm new in Archlinux. I faced this problem I think there is problem with glibc library.
When I run that command arch-chroot /mnt:
chroot: failed to run command /bin/bash : input/output error
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chroot "Accessing a corrupted shared library" [closed]
I tried to execute the following command and got "Accessing a corrupted shared library" error. How can I resolve this?
sudo chroot /home/jack/develop /bin/bash
chroot: failed to run command ‘...
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Screen session inside of chroot does not show console output
I have a chroot jail set up for a minecraft server to be managed via SSH by someone. The chroot is setup properly with proc and lib bind mounted to the / directory for the jail, chroot/usr folder ...
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Create pBuilder chroot environment for Raspberry Pi OS (ARM64)
I am attempting to create a pBuilder chroot environment for Raspberry Pi OS (ARM64) in order to build Debian packages for Raspberry Pi 4B/3B on an AMD64 host.
I came across a tutorial that seems ...
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Can't mount `proc` to `schroot` environment using `setup.fstab`
I'm writing a bash command to deploy gluster inside a chroot called glusterchroot. I'm having issues mounting files from the host to the chroot. Schroot's man page recommends the following:
$ man ...
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How can one compromise system integrity or availability from chroot jail?
As part of university assignment I'm researching the ways an attacker can bypass chroot jail. Naturally, I've seen that there are plenty of ways to attempt privilege escalation using vulnerable setuid ...
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`chroot` bash not working after copying both the binary and its dependencies
I have reviewed the existing questions and responses but none worked in my case. So I'm opening a new question.
OS: Debian
Here are my steps:
First, copy /bin/bash:
$ sudo mkdir -p /mychroot/bin
$ ...
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How to install a Debian package in a target directory manually
I would like to learn how to manually install a Debian package (e.g., a .deb file) into a specific directory, such as /targetdir, as if it were the root. Later, I would like to relocate the ...
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i have a very messy situation with grub lost and a potentially corrupt partiton
SO, we start off with, this reddit post after that i understood that the issue was arising because i was using btrfs and root00 and home were subvolumes.
However, before i understood this, i tried to ...
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chroot: failed with No such file or directory yet file exists [duplicate]
# chroot /mnt/sys1 /bin/bash
chroot: failed to run command '/bin/bash': No such file or directory
But it is NOT the usual chroot: failed with No such file or directory problem because the file is ...
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When running a qemu-user chroot (say, a riscv64 chroot inside an amd64 host), is it possible to share the gpu and/or its drivers?
I'm curious to see if I can, say, somehow reroute the riscv64 mesa drivers to the host's gpu. I've already got X11 and OpenGL applications working from the riscv64 chroot, but they end up using ...
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debootstrap --second-stage with fakechroot fails on docker (/lib/ld-linux-armhf.so.3: No such file or directory)
I am trying to set up a foreign chroot in a docker container. Excerpt from the script:
apt-get -y install debootstrap fakechroot fakeroot qemu-user-static binfmt-support
mkdir -p $CROSS_ROOT
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PHP-FPM + Apache2 security
My question is almost identical to Luis Machuca's from 2 years ago (Apache + php-fpm: Proper permissions for per-pool, per-user projects?), but with some additional conditions.
I have also configured ...
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Accessing /proc from foreign chroot
I am trying to set up a foreign chroot environment with QEMU, mostly as described at https://www.hellion.org.uk/blog/posts/foreign-chroots-with-schroot-and-qemu/.
The host system is Ubuntu x86_64 (on ...
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How to run interactive script inside of overlayroot-chroot?
I am trying to run overlayroot-chroot and then run interactive script within chroot shell that prompts user for input using read -r.
Somehow read -r triggers chroot exit.
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Does fstab make sense for chroot jail?
I've created an fstab file (to mount /dev/pts and /proc, with the bind option) as part of a jail but when I chroot to the jail neither filesystem is mounted. This makes me wonder when the fstab for a ...
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Different versions of ubuntu with chroot environment
I was trying to setup a chroot environment on older system using debootstrap. I had ubuntu 14.04 and I was wondering what version of ubuntu i can possibly install on it. If I were to try and run ...
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How to install packages in chroot when chroot is launched with doas?
On OpenBSD 7.2 stable, I've setup my chroot using this script:
#!/bin/ksh
dir="/jails/$1"
mkdir -p "$dir"
tar -C "$dir" -xzf /usr/src/base/base72.tgz
tar -C "$dir&...
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Running nmap on chroot nethunter
nmap on nethunter returns the following error when run on root user account [Chroot]
nmap: netutil.cc:3195: int route_dst_netlink(const sockaddr_storage*, route_nfo*, const char*, const ...
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"sudo: unable to allocate pty: No such device" in chrooted Linux
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After reading suggested as duplicate Which of proc, sys etc. should be bind-mounted (or not) when chrooting into a "replacement" distribution? :
How I know:
it is customary to invoke ...
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Bootctl designates wrong root partition in loader/entries/*.conf file (debootstrap install fail)
I want to install Debian LUKS2 encrypted BTRFS filesystem with Systemd-boot via debootstrap, following this guide :
https://gist.github.com/meeas/b574e4bede396783b1898c90afa20a30
My host OS is an ...
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How to install packages into chroot?
This question is related to debootstrap --variant=buildd couln't find build-essential
As I know debootstrap may run the script after or before creating chroot
debootstrap [OPTION...] SUITE TARGET [...
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How to install Grub2 on a newly created GPT partition?
I have an Ubuntu system, installed on a wired, (legacy BIOS bootable) USB HDD, that I would like to convert to UEFI boot.
I was trying to follow this: https://gist.github.com/cjyar/...
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dpkg dpkg-split invocation problem on armhf
I'm trying to make a bullseye debian chroot work on an old arm phone (Archos Titanium 40C) running kitkat (rooted). It seems to works pretty well (including openssh-server), but dpkg doesn't work on ...
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Run firefox within a Linux chroot jail in FreeBSD 13.1
I have managed to install a Ubuntu chroot jail within FreeBSD 13.1. However, I need to run Firefox from it to launch Jupyter Lab from a python virtual environment within the chroot subsystem. I was ...
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QEMU emulating two CPU archs
As I know, x86_64 Linuxes are capable of running x86 programs. I wonder if it would be possible to emulate it using QEMU.
I am using proot and hoping to proot into such said system.
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How to build custom containers for paaas services like heroku without docker
I want to build a paas service like heroku,
but i have difficulty running the client application,
Is the client app running using chroot? /fakrechroot/other?
Sorry, I've tried to search on Google but ...
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Temporary failure in name resolution, only in apt
I'm using Kali nethunter on my A12 phone. Network is supposed to work out of the box.
apt update gives:
Ign:1 http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling InRelease
Ign:1 http://http.kali.org/kali kali-...
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clonezilla shell: update-initramfs is disabled, do i need to chroot and How? (External SSD)
I want to clone my laptop to an External HDD.
I need to make an important precision: the process is successfull when i'm using mecanic HDD (old laptop).
i use clonezilla to clone
i go to clonezilla ...
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Error with Systemd in LFS
LFS version: 11.0-systemd
Host: Ubuntu20.04
Chapter in which the problem occurred: 9.5
Commands executed: timedatectl set-local-rtc 1
Error log:
System has not been booted with systemd as init system (...
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Why unshare with chroot does not isolate /dev like /proc?
I am following Container from scratch by Kevin Boone
I have alpine mini root filesystem under /mnt/container/
I am a little puzzled about how the mount works with chroot and unshare involved.
Without ...
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Recovering non booting system, probably due to power failure
I cycled the power on my Void Linux install when Firefox froze and would not respond to sigterm (poweroff command was hanging too).
After doing this the computer (Thinkpad X220) no longer boots, it ...
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Error while building *.deb package in separate build environment
I'm trying to build *.deb packages into a chroot. When building the first package - bash, there were difficulties. I build packages using debootstrap and chroot.
I install debootstrap:
sudo ...
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Slackware(64) 14.2 + Xephyr using chroot, umount partitions
This Exact Same Question i first time i do was ib -> https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?p=6366697#post6366697
i need improve my script :
For close the Xephyr window ...
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Subprocess launched inside a chroot created on a codespace with debootstrap fail with /dev/fd/62: No such file or directory
My goal is to standup a chroot with the basic Unix tool-set (bash, cp, touch, cat, etc) and any necessary dependencies need to run apt get inside a codespace. Using debootstrap gets me close. The ...
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chroot as unpriviledged user leads to 'Permission denied' trying to run any binary
I have a chroot root containing some static binaries on an ARMv7l platform (Kobo eReader, see InkBox OS project), namely BusyBox. chrooting as root works fine:
kobo:/kobo/mnt/onboard/onboard/.apps/...
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Applications of fakeroot and chroot
Why are there two utilities chroot and fakeroot when both can fake a privileged access to the user?
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Automatically execute `nix-user-chroot` when I start a terminal session (Steam Deck)
I am running Arch Linux on the Steam Deck. Steam Deck has a read only root file system which forces you to use Flatpak, or else to make the file system writable at the expense of wiping out, say, ...
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How to re-enable the `enable` command?
As part of a script to set up a restricted user, I ran the enable -n enable command. For testing purposes I would like to undo that command but I can't find any documentation on how to do so. I know ...
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Unshare with overlayfs results in permission denied with su
I am trying to setup 'rootless' containers by hand, with just unshare and
mounting overlayfs. Currently, I can unpack a rootfs tarball, setup a /tmp
and /proc mount, and pivot_root/chroot into it ...
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chroot with mounts in unprivileged container
How can I create a mount inside a Docker container as root but without --privileged mode? The purpose is getting a chroot with /proc, and /dev mounted inside a container.
I can do so with chroot and ...
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Can't Chroot into archlinux
I have Installed the generic aarch64 rootfs to an sdcard , and have placed It inside my phone and am trying to chroot into it - via a superuser adb shell , by running busybox chroot /data/local/mnt /...
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Command not found when In chroot
Im currently Porting Arch Linux to My phone and I am trying to set up the rootfs properly - have it installed to an external scdard and am using busybox to chroot into it with
busybox chroot /data/ ...
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Restrict linux process write permission to one folder
I want a process (and all its potential children) to be able to read the filesystem according to my user profile but I want to restrict that process's write permission to only a set of pre-selected ...
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Mismatching kernel versions during installation inside chroot
I'm trying to install Artix on a QEMU virtual machine through an automated script i've wrote, in one of the latest installation steps, where i setup Rootless Docker, it's required to enable the ...
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SSHFS automount fstab with RSA Keypair asking for password
I have a problem. I added a SSH Server to mount to my server.
I added the following line to /etc/fstab.
sshfs#[email protected]:/home/hd03_00_backup_server/ /mnt/server_backup fuse.sshfs IdentityFile=/...
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Which tool to build a RPM inside a chroot?
I'm using pbuilder to build my binary package for Debian.
pbuilder creates a chroot environment, installs all the packages declared as required for the build, and then builds the binary .deb packages ...
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Empty executables after creating bind mount
I've created a bind mount in /tmp/test which I then use to establish a chroot jail. For example:
mount --bind -o ro /usr/bin/ /tmp/test
chroot /tmp/test /some_executable
This seems to work fine - most ...
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USB devices in android, without a module in the android kernel
I have a rather strange theoretical question.
For example, when I connect a USB device to my Linux AMD64 PC, the functionality of this USB device depends on the presence of the corresponding module in ...
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