Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 2 Nov 2003 22:10:12 -0500 | From | Mark Mielke <> | Subject | Re: Using proc in chroot environments |
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On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 09:49:34PM +0100, DervishD wrote: > I'm using a chroot environment on my main disk as a 'crash test > dummy', and I need to access the proc filesystem inside it. Since > hard links are not allowed for directories, the only solution I can > think of is to mount proc inside the chroot environment just after > chrooting. This works, I've tested, but I have two problems: > ... > The perfect solution for me is to hardlink the proc directory of > the chrooted environment to the proc directory on the true root dir, > but since this is not possible, whan can I do instead of remounting a > second copy of proc (which, by the way, makes /proc/mounts a little > bit weird...)?
It sounds to me, as if you want something like UML... :-)
chroot environments are traditionally quite minimal, meaning that they usually don't require /dev/pts, /proc, etc.
One approach that I have seen taken, is for privileged information to be queried through a non-chroot'ed process by the chroot'ed process.
mark
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