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Re: Any plans on implementing chroot() in b19?
- To: GNU Win 32 <gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com>
- Subject: Re: Any plans on implementing chroot() in b19?
- From: Gilligan <kunglao at prairienet dot org>
- Date: Mon, 08 Sep 1997 18:38:37 -0500
- References: <9709062000.AA13274@gnu.sdsp.mc.xerox.com>
Marty Leisner wrote:
>
> In message <340F262A.EE4DEA75@prairienet.org>, you write:
> >I was wondering if anyone was working on this for b19? It's the only thing
> >Redhat's rpm program needs to be able to install programs via their packages.
>
> How would chroot work (except within a process)?
>
> marty
One way could be to temporarily remap the mount table to adjust where / is.
Then, of course, it'd have to remap it to what it was before at the program's
exit.
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