Re: chroot question

[Douglas Allan Tutty <dtutty@porchlight.ca>]

On Sat, Jan 20, 2007 at 05:47:36PM +0000, Anton Piatek wrote:
> Hi, 
> I have a amd64 install of debian with a 32bit chroot for a couple of apps. 
> This works great, but I have a question.
> 
> Is it possible to have an application inside the 32bit chroot launch an 
> application on my main 64 bit system? (e.g. a photo browsing program in the 
> 32bit chroot launching gimp, which is installed in my main 64 bit system).
> I currently launch my 32bit programs with schroot and am hoping I can set 
> something to make specific programs outside the chroot available...
> 
> I cannot think of how this can be achieved, so any ideas are welcomed.
> 

I've never played with chroot but if you add ssh to the chroot could you
ssh the main box from within the chroot?  If so, you could set up ssh
with public-key so no passwords were required and it would be
transparent.

I wonder.

Doug.