On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 18:51, Daniel Baumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > looks good, except of the error :) the only thing left i can image is > that you mounted the partition with nodev. could you please check that > as well (type 'mount' to see it)? It appears to be mounted with the devices option on; I can create a device node and then read from it (I think that's a sufficient test, and it doesn't mention nodev or devices.bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb): debian:/live# mknod chroot/dev/hda b 3 0 debian:/live# mknod chroot/dev/hda1 b 3 1 debian:/live# mount -t proc proc /live/chroot/proc/ debian:/live# chroot /live/chroot/ I have no [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/# fdisk -l <this works; list of VBox disk /dev/hda here>
However, note the "I have no name!" bit. geteuid32() returns -1 inside the chroot: debian:/live# strace -f -o output.log chroot /live/chroot/ mount -t proc proc /proc mount: only root can do that debian:/live# tail output.log 13425 open("/usr/lib/locale/en.UTF-8/LC_IDENTIFICATION", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 13425 open("/usr/lib/locale/en.utf8/LC_IDENTIFICATION", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 13425 open("/usr/lib/locale/en/LC_IDENTIFICATION", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 13425 umask(022) = 022 13425 open("/dev/null", O_RDWR|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument) 13425 getuid32() = 0 13425 geteuid32() = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 13425 write(2, "mount: only root can do that"..., 28) = 28 13425 write(2, "\n"..., 1) = 1 13425 exit_group(1) = ? while it doesn't in the real root (as seen by strace'ing `whoami'). Will -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]