On Sat, 2005-03-26 at 10:39 +0100, Bob Alexander wrote: > Clive Menzies wrote: > > On (25/03/05 04:29), Ron Johnson wrote: > > > >>On Fri, 2005-03-25 at 10:23 +0100, Bob Alexander wrote: [snip] > > > > Have a look at debian-amd64 mailing list. The how to is: > > https://alioth.debian.org/docman/view.php/30192/21/debian-amd64-howto.html#id220463 > > > > Setting up the chroot is pretty straightforward (it is the first time > > I'd dabbled in chroot). To sum up, the system flies ;) > > > > Regards > > > > Clive > > > > Clive a Ron thank you. Happy Easter to you and your beloved. > > What does chroot have to do ? In my abysnal ignorance chroot was a way > to fence a process in a subset of the original filesystem, like in some > FTP servers for instance ... I will research on google :) That's exactly what it does. Typically, chroots are used for: - security (cracker who compromises an ftpd can't get at anything else) - shared servers at co-location sites Well, some clever soul thought outside the box, and realized that chroot would also be useful for 32-bit binaries on AMD64 systems. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn't have as many monuments to unveil." Kin Hubbard
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