Re: Using proc in chroot environments

[DervishD <raul@pleyades.net>]

    Hi David :)

 * David <david@pleyades.net> dixit:
> >     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:
> Have you tried the --bind mount option? It's great to solve this kind
> of problem, accesing to a directory within a chrooted enviroment. I've
> used it successly with a ftp server ;).

    I haven't tried, but I'm afraid it won't solve my problem. First,
if I do a 'binded' mount of /proc, any change in the chrooted proc
will reflect in the original one, so I'm in trouble anyway. Second,
if I do 'mount' or 'cat /proc/mounts' the proc filesystem will be
shown twice anyway (correct me here if I'm wrong).

    By now I'm going to keep using two independent mounts until I
find a better approach... Thanks for your answer :)

    Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado

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