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a linux command to change the filesystem root a process can see, limiting it's access to the real filesystem root

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What is the difference between chroot, dchroot and schroot?

What is the difference between chroot, dchroot and schroot? What do they have in common? Where are the differences? Which one is needed for what?
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How to resolve hostnames in chroot?

I try to repair an broken Ubunu 14.04 with chroot. What I did, is to boot Ubuntu from USB mounted the original system that has to be repaired and changed to this system with chroot: sudo mount /dev/sdXY /mnt sudo mount -o bind /dev /mnt/dev sudo…
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Is there an easier way to chroot than bind-mounting?

Most of the time I use chroot to rescue an existing installation from usb. When I chroot into another system I have to manually bind-mount proc, sys, dev and dev/pts by issuing for example: mount --bind /proc proc/ Is there an easy way already…
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chroot: failed to run command '/bin/bash': No such file or directory Ubuntu 18.04

I'm following these instructions to make a debian.img in a ubuntu 18.04 on a virtual box build On the PC, create a folder and generate a formatted, mountable image. Install a Debian Buster linux inside the chroot environment with the debootstrap…
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Can't connect to internet in chroot

I can't connect to the internet in chroot. For example, when I run apt update, I get a "temporary failure resolving". I tried copying resolv.conf over but still same error.
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Removing a chroot environment

I was following these steps to install ros indigo on a chroot environment on my Ubuntu 15.10 http://wiki.ros.org/ROS/Tutorials/InstallingIndigoInChroot But I screwed some things up and I want to remove the chroot environment and restart the steps…
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Does Chroot'ing onto a Ubuntu Machine Give You Root?

If you were to use a Ubuntu live USB, and do the commands below. Is this literally just giving you root access to the drive? sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt sudo chroot /mnt
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GUI applications and chroot

I have followed all of the instructions on this page to try and get a graphical program running from inside a chrooted environment https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BasicChroot The only difference is that I substituted xenial for trusty. The…
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Can I use i386 Ubuntu to install ARM software?

I have an Ubuntu machine, and I am trying to figure out how to modify a root filesystem that's eventually going to be on an embedded system running on an ARM processor. I have just a bare fs at the moment so I want to put things like a desktop…
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What are the differences between jails and chroot?

I'm currently trying to point out the finer details between chroot spaces and jails. And clear up some of the controversy in the phrase "chroot jail." So far I have chroot defined simplistically as "Unix command that appears to change the root…
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How to run apache2 in chroot jail setup

Ubuntu 14.04 I was trying to setup apache in chroot,but i can't found any related answer. I was googling over a week but i can't get my answers so some one please help me..... Thanks in advance
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Returning to a chroot environment

When I chroot while logged in using a ssh session. How do I get back to the chroot environment when the ssh terminal session ends. When I ssh back in I'm back on the non chroot environment. While I'm in a chroot session and I start a process. I…
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Jailing particular users on login

This whole deal with jails and chroot is a bit confusing to me. They are used to run possibly risky programs securely, but this has to be initiated by the user. I'm looking for how to jail users like how Android and iOS do it. This can be setup for…
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Can I set up a samba share to a chroot jail user

I am using U unti server 18.04. I have a chroot jail for untrusted users. I would like to set up a samba share to a chroot directory. Is this possible?
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How to Run Windows 07 in Ubuntu using chroot?

Is there any way to make any Windows-OS run in Ubuntu using the chroot-jail or chroot ? Edit the question as you feel is necessary, typed Windows 07 there as an example and as its a truly good OS.
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