On Thu, 29 Oct 2015 14:29:32 +1100 "Brendan Simon (eTRIX)" <brendan.simon@etrix.com.au> wrote: > What is the recommended way to use Multistrap? I'm using Jessie > (Debian 8). $ sudo multistrap > multistrap is not in my user path, but it is in the path of root. I > suppose I could run multistrap as root but I presume that is not how > it is intended to be run (potentially dangerous). No. Multistrap is absolutely intended to be run as root. Always. Some attempts have been made to use things like fakeroot but that is *not* the intended use. It can be useful to use a VM when *developing* multistrap - run as root inside the VM. > How should I run it as a user? With sudo. > The manpage says Multistrap needs a chroot but chroot doesn't work > under fakeroot, so therefore fakeroot can't be used. Multistrap builds a chroot to do the work. Multistrap runs outside the chroot, hence needs to run as root. > I note there is a fakechroot package. Is it recommended to use > multistrap with fakechroot. No. multistrap is not intended to be used inside a chroot, it would have to create another chroot inside that. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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